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The Oxford History of the British Empire
Volume III: The Nineteenth Century

Edited by Andrew Porter and Associate Editor: Alaine Low

Editor-in-Chief: Wm Roger Louis

Price: £62.00 (hardback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-820565-4
Publication date: 21 October 1999
800 pages, 4 figures, 21 maps, 234x156 mm
Series: Oxford History of the British Empire number Vol. III
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Reviews

'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

Magisterial and definitive history of the British Empire
Covers Britain's `Imperial Century'

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.

Volume III of The Oxford History of the British Empire covers the long nineteenth century, from the achievement of American independence in the 1780s to the eve of world war in 1914. This was the period of Britain's greatest expansion as both empire-builder and dominant world power. The volume is divided into two parts. The first contains thematic chapters, some focusing on Britain, others on areas at the imperial periphery, exploring those fundamental dynamics of British expansion whcih made imperial influence and rule possible. They also examine the economic, cultural, and institutional frameworks whcih gave shape to Britain's overseas empire.

Part 2 is devoted to the principal areas of imperial activity overseas, including both white settler and tropical colonies. Chapters examine how British interests and imperial rule shaped individual regions' nineteenth-century political and socio-economic history. Themes dealt with include the economics of empire, imperial institutions, defence, technology, imperial and colonial cultures, science and exploration. Attention is given not only to the formal empire, from Australasia and the West Indies to India and the African colonies, but also to China and Latin America, often regarded as central components of a British `informal empire'.

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

Part 1

1. Introduction: Britain and the Empire in the Nineteenth Century , Andrew Porter

2. Economics and Empire: The Metropolitan Context , P. J. Cain

3. Economics and Empire: The Periphery and the Imperial Economy , B. R. Tomlinson

4. British Migration and the Peopling of the Empire , Marjory Harper

5. Migration from Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific , David Northrup

6. British Policy, Trade, and Informal Empire in the Mid-Nineteenth Century , Martin Lynn

7. Britain and Latin America , Alan Knight

8. Britain and China 1842-1914 , Jürgen Osterhammel

9. Imperial Institutions and the Government of Empire , Peter Burroughs

10. Trusteeship, Anti-Slavery and Humanitarianism , Andrew Porter

11. Religion, Missionary Enthusiasm, and Empire , Andrew Porter

12. British Expansion, Empire, and Technological Change , Robert V. Kubicek

13. Empire and Metropolitan Cultures , John M. MacKenzie

14. Scientific Exploration and Empire , Robert A. Stafford

15. Defence and Imperial Disunity , Peter Burroughs

16. The Political Economy of Empire, 1880-1914 , E. H. H. Green

Part 2

17. British Expansion and Rule in South-East Asia , A. J. Stockwell

18. India 1818-1860: The Two Faces of Colonialism , D. A. Washbrook

19. Imperial India, 1858-1914 , Robin J. Moore

20. The Evolution of Colonial Cultures: Nineteenth-Century Asia , Susan Bayly

21. The British West Indies , Gad Heuman

22. Ireland and the Empire , David Fitzpatrick

23. Canada from 1815 , Ged Martin

24. Australia and the Western Pacific , Donald Denoon with Marivic Wyndham

25. Southern Islands: New Zealand and Polynesia , Raewyn Dalziel

26. Southern Africa, 1795-1910 , Christopher Saunders and Iain R. Smith

27. Great Britain and the Partition of Africa, 1870-1914 , Colin Newbury

28. The British Occupation of Egypt from 1882 , Afaf al Sayyid-Marsot

29. Cultural Encounters: Britain and Africa in the Nineteenth Century , T. C. McCaskie

30. The British Empire: Costs and Benefits, Prosperity and Security, 1870-1914 , Avner Offer

Chronology, Index

Authors, editors, and contributors

Edited by Andrew Porter, Rhodes Professor of Imperial History, University of London and
Associate Editor: Alaine Low
Editor-in-Chief: Wm Roger Louis

Links to web resources and related information

More in the same subject area:
World history: c 1750 to c 1900
Imperialism

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The Oxford History of the British EmpireVolume III: The Nineteenth Century

The Oxford History of the British Empire
Volume III: The Nineteenth Century