The Cambridge illustrated history of the British Empire / edited by P.J. Marshall.
Contributor(s): Marshall, P. J. (Peter James).
Material type: BookPublisher: Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press, 1996Description: 400 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0521432111.Subject(s): Imperialism -- History | Great Britain -- Colonies -- History | Commonwealth countries -- HistoryDDC classification: 941.08Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 941.08 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00010675 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Up to World War II and beyond, the British ruled over a vast empire. Modern western attitudes towards the imperial past tend either towards nostalgia for British power or revulsion at what seem to be the abuses of that power. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire adopts neither of these approaches. It aims to create historical understanding about the British empire on the assumption that such understanding is important for any informed appreciation of the modern world. Through striking illustration and a text written by leading experts, this book examines the experience of colonialism in North America, India, Africa, Australia, and the Caribbean, as well as the impact of the empire on Britain itself. Emphasis is placed on social and cultural history, including slavery, trade, religion, art, and the movement of ideas. How did the British rule their empire? Who benefited economically from the empire? And who lost?
Map of British Imperial Territories in the 1850s on endpapers.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-391) and index.
Introduction: The world shaped by Empire / P.J. Marshall -- Part I: The History of the Empire -- The British Empire at the end of the eighteenth century / P. J. Marshall -- 1783-1870: An expanding empire / P. J. Marshall -- 1870-1918: The Empire under threat / P. J. Marshall -- 1918 to the 1960s: Keeping afloat / P.J. Marshall -- Part II: The Life of the Empire -- For richer, for poorer? / David Fieldhouse -- Power, Authority and Freedom / A. J. Stockwell -- Empires in the Mind / Andrew Porter -- Imperial Towns and Cities / Thomas R. Metcalf -- British emigration and new identities / Ged Martin and Benjamin E. Kline -- The diaspora of the Africans and the Asians / P. J. Marshall -- Art and the Empire / John M. MacKenzie -- Part III: The Imperial Experience -- Imperial Britain / P. J. Marshall -- Australia / K.S. Inglis -- Africa / Toyin Falola -- British Rule in India: An Assessment / Tapan Raychaudhuri -- Conclusion: Empire in retrospect / P. J. Marshall.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction: the world shaped by empire
- Part I The History of Empire
- 1 he British empire at the end of the eighteenth century
- 2 783-1870: an expanding empire
- 3 870-1918: the empire under threat
- 4 918 to the 1960s: keeping afloat
- Part II The Life of the Empire
- 5 For richer, for poorer?
- 6 Power, authority, and freedom
- 7 Empires in the mind
- 8 Imperial towns and cities
- 9 British emigration and new identities
- 10 The diaspora of the Africans and the Asians
- 11 Art and the empire
- Part III The Imperial Experience
- 12 Imperial Britain
- 13 Australia
- 14 Africa
- 15 British rule in India: an assessment Tapan Raychaudhuri; Conclusion: Empire in retrospect
- Reference Guide: British imperial territories from 1783
- Further reading
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Index