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Magisterial global history of the rise and fall of the British Empire by an award-winning author.
Magisterial global history of the rise and fall of the British Empire by an award-winning author.
Über den Autor
John Darwin teaches Imperial and Global History at Oxford where he is a Fellow of Nuffield College. His previous publications include After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire since 1400 (winner of the Wolfson History Prize for 2007), The End of the British Empire: The Historical Debate (1991) and Britain and Decolonization: The Retreat from Empire in the Post-War World (1988).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: the project of an Empire; Part I. Towards 'The Sceptre of the World': The Elements of Empire in the Long Nineteenth Century: 1. Victorian origins; 2. The octopus power; 3. The commercial republic; 4. The Britannic experiment; 5. 'Un-British rule' in 'Anglo-India'; 6. The weakest link: Britain and South Africa; 7. The Edwardian transition; Part II. 'The Great Liner is Sinking': The British World-System in the Age of War: 8. The War for Empire, 1914-19; 9. Making imperial peace, 1919-26; 10. Holding the centre, 1927-37; 11. The strategic abyss, 1937-42; 12. The price of survival, 1943-51; 13. The third world power, 1951-9; 14. Reluctant retreat, 1959-68; Conclusion.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
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Genre: | Geschichte |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Buch |
ISBN-13: | 9780521302081 |
ISBN-10: | 0521302080 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC gerader Rücken kaschiert |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: | Darwin, John |
Hersteller: | Cambridge University Press |
Maße: | 235 x 157 x 48 mm |
Von/Mit: | John Darwin |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 07.02.2013 |
Gewicht: | 1,312 kg |
Über den Autor
John Darwin teaches Imperial and Global History at Oxford where he is a Fellow of Nuffield College. His previous publications include After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire since 1400 (winner of the Wolfson History Prize for 2007), The End of the British Empire: The Historical Debate (1991) and Britain and Decolonization: The Retreat from Empire in the Post-War World (1988).
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: the project of an Empire; Part I. Towards 'The Sceptre of the World': The Elements of Empire in the Long Nineteenth Century: 1. Victorian origins; 2. The octopus power; 3. The commercial republic; 4. The Britannic experiment; 5. 'Un-British rule' in 'Anglo-India'; 6. The weakest link: Britain and South Africa; 7. The Edwardian transition; Part II. 'The Great Liner is Sinking': The British World-System in the Age of War: 8. The War for Empire, 1914-19; 9. Making imperial peace, 1919-26; 10. Holding the centre, 1927-37; 11. The strategic abyss, 1937-42; 12. The price of survival, 1943-51; 13. The third world power, 1951-9; 14. Reluctant retreat, 1959-68; Conclusion.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
---|---|
Genre: | Geschichte |
Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
Medium: | Buch |
ISBN-13: | 9780521302081 |
ISBN-10: | 0521302080 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Ausstattung / Beilage: | HC gerader Rücken kaschiert |
Einband: | Gebunden |
Autor: | Darwin, John |
Hersteller: | Cambridge University Press |
Maße: | 235 x 157 x 48 mm |
Von/Mit: | John Darwin |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 07.02.2013 |
Gewicht: | 1,312 kg |
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