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The Oxford History of the British Empire
Volume IV: The Twentieth Century

Edited by Judith Brown and Wm Roger Louis

Editor-in-Chief: Wm Roger Louis

Price: £61.00 (Hardback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-820564-7
Publication date: 21 October 1999
800 pages, 22 maps, 7 figures, 234x156 mm
Series: The Oxford History of the British Empire
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Reviews

'Impressive ... a neat balance of thematic and area-specific chapters, all of which are exceptionally well written ... will serve as a vital work of reference for any library concerned with the history of the empire.' - Nicholas J. White, The Economic Hist. Rev., Vol.LIII, No.4, Nov.2000.
'impressive ... the overall achievement is undeniably impressive. Under the magisterial guidance of Louis ... a vast array of historians has produced a solid monument of contemporary scholarship.' - David Gilmour, FT Weekend 19/2/00
'this chapter [The Nineteenth Century] is infinitely more enlightening then anything to be found in the Cambridge Volumes.' - Bernard Porter, TLS
'These final three volumes should be compulsory reading for anyone with an interest in the subject' - Bernard Porter, TLS

Description

The authoritative account, written by an internationally distinguished set of contributors
Draws together ideas and material normally scattered in specialist sources

The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. From the founding of colonies in North America and the West Indies in the seventeenth century to the reversion of Hong Kong to China at the end of the twentieth, British imperialism was a catalyst for far-reaching change. The Oxford History of the British Empire as a comprehensive study helps us to understand the end of Empire in relation to its beginning, the meaning of British imperialism for the ruled as well as for the rulers, and the significance of the British Empire as a theme in world history.

This twentieth-century volume considers many aspects of the `imperial experience' in the final years of the British Empire, culminating in the mid-century's rapid processes of decolonization. It seeks to understand the men who managed the empire, their priorities and vision, and the mechanisms of control and connection which held the empire together. There are chapters on imperial centres, on the geographical `periphery' of empire, and on all its connecting mechanisms, including institutions and the flow of people, money, goods, and services. The volume also explores the experience of `imperial subjects' in terms of culture, politics, and economics; an experience which culminated in the growth of vibrant, often new, national identities and movements and, ultimately, new nation-states. It concludes with the processes of decolonization which reshaped the political map of the late twentieth-century world.

Readership: Scholars, students, and general readers interested in the history of Empire.

Contents

List of Maps, List of Figures, List of Tables, Abbreviations and Location of Manuscript Sources, List of Contributors

1. Introduction , Wm. Roger Louis

2. The British Empire in the Edwardian Era , Ronald Hyam

3. A Third British Empire? The Dominion Idea in Imperial Politics , John Darwin

4. The Metropolitan Economics of Empire , D. K. Fieldhouse

5. The British Empire and the Great War, 1914-1918 , Robert Holland

6. Ireland and the Empire-Commonwealth, 1900-1948 , Deirdre McMahon

7. Migrants and Settlers , Stephen Constantine

8. Critics of Empire , Nicholas Owen

9. The Popular Culture of Empire in Britain , John M. MacKenzie

10. Colonial Rule , John W. Cell

11. Bureaucracy and `Trusteeship' in the Colonial Empire , Ronald Hyam

12. `Deceptive Might': Imperial Defence and Security, 1900-1968 , Anthony Clayton

13. The Second World War , Keith Jeffery

14. The Dissolution of the British Empire , Wm. Roger Louis

15. Imperialism and After: The Economy of the Empire on the Periphery , B. R. Tomlinson

16. Gender in the British Empire , Rosalind O' Hanlon

17. The British Empire and the Muslim Worlds , Francis Robinson

18. India , Judith M. Brown

19. Ceylon , Stephen Ashton

20. Imperialism and Nationalism in South-East Asia , A. J. Stockwell

21. Britain's Informal Empire in the Middle East , Glen Balfour-Paul

22. West Africa , Toyin Falola and A. D. Roberts

23. East Africa , John Lonsdale

24. Southern Africa , Shula Marks

25. Canada, the North Atlantic Triangle, and the Empire , David MacKenzie

26. The British Caribbean from Demobilization to Constitutional Decolonization , Howard Johnson

27. Latin America , Alan Knight

28. China , Jürgen Osterhammel

29. Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands , W. David McIntyre

30. Commonwealth Legacy , W. David McIntyre

31. Epilogue , Judith M. Brown

Chronology, Index

Authors, editors, and contributors

Edited by Judith Brown, Beit Professor of Commonwealth History, and Fellow, Balliol College, Oxford and
Wm Roger Louis, Kerr Professor of English History and Culture, and Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Texas at Austin; and Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford
Editor-in-Chief: Wm Roger Louis

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World history: from c 1900 -
Imperialism

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The Oxford History of the British EmpireVolume IV: The Twentieth Century

The Oxford History of the British Empire
Volume IV: The Twentieth Century