The British Imperial Century, 1815-1914: A World History PerspectiveRowman & Littlefield, 1999 - 153 pàgines Although Britain's overseas empire may not have been "acquired in a fit of absence of mind," as one of its most prominent historians once alleged, neither was it the brainchild of politicians and bureaucrats in London. Why, then, has so much imperial history been written from this metropolitan perspective? Timothy Parsons strongly contends that the scope and duration of this, the largest of all modern European empires, can only be understood from a non-Western perspective. In an exceptionally concise and informative fashion, The British Imperial Century offers its readers a comprehensive overview of the formation and administration of the empire from its origins in the early nineteenth century, to its climax at mid-century, to its denouement on the eve of the First World War. This was the era in which a previously "informal" empire based on trade and commerce was transformed into a "formal" empire in which trade was often of secondary importance to strategic or political considerations. Parsons devotes chapters to key colonies and regions, many of them overlooked by previous scholars, that include the Indian "raj," Africa, the Middle East, and China. He also considers the long-term consequences of imperialism on the cultures of the colonized and the colonizers alike. An ambitious and thoughtful contribution to the field of imperial history, The British Imperial Century will find a useful place in courses on world history and European history, or as a supplemental text for classes on African, Asian, British, or Middle Eastern history. |
Continguts
Introduction | 1 |
Imperialism and World History | 2 |
Britains Imperial Century | 3 |
New Interpretations of Empire | 5 |
The Imperial Century | 9 |
Settlement Colonies and the Transformation of the Old Empire | 10 |
The Era of Informal Empire | 16 |
Britain and the New Imperialism | 21 |
Britain and the Partition of Africa | 69 |
Africa under British Rule | 79 |
The Consequences of Britains African Empire | 87 |
British Imperial Influence in China and the Ottoman Empire | 91 |
The Great NonWestern Empires | 92 |
British Imperialism in China | 96 |
British Imperial in the Ottoman Empire | 105 |
The Consequences of Empire | 119 |
Consolidation of Empire | 27 |
India | 33 |
The Origins of British India | 34 |
Consolidation and Expansion in the Imperial Century | 38 |
India under the British Raj | 45 |
Indian at the End of the Imperial Century | 51 |
Africa | 59 |
Africa before the Partition | 60 |
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The British Imperial Century, 1815–1914: A World History Perspective Timothy H. Parsons Previsualització limitada - 1999 |
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