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

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

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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 800 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780199246793
  • DDC分類 909.0971241

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1999. Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2000.

Full Description

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 allows us to understand the end of Empire in relation to its beginnings, the meaning of British imperialism for the ruled as well as the rulers, and the significance of the British Empire as a theme in world history.

Volume IV 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.

Contents

List of Maps, List of Figures, List of Tables, Abbreviations and Location of Manuscript Sources, List of Contributors ; 1. Introduction ; 2. The British Empire in the Edwardian Era ; 3. A Third British Empire? The Dominion Idea in Imperial Politics ; 4. The Metropolitan Economics of Empire ; 5. The British Empire and the Great War, 1914-1918 ; 6. Ireland and the Empire-Commonwealth, 1900-1948 ; 7. Migrants and Settlers ; 8. Critics of Empire ; 9. The Popular Culture of Empire in Britain ; 10. Colonial Rule ; 11. Bureaucracy and 'Trusteeship' in the Colonial Empire ; 12. 'Deceptive Might': Imperial Defence and Security, 1900-1968 ; 13. The Second World War ; 14. The Dissolution of the British Empire ; 15. Imperialism and After: The Economy of the Empire on the Periphery ; 16. Gender in the British Empire ; 17. The British Empire and the Muslim Worlds ; 18. India ; 19. Ceylon ; 20. Imperialism and Nationalism in South-East Asia ; 21. Britain's Informal Empire in the Middle East ; 22. West Africa ; 23. East Africa ; 24. Southern Africa ; 25. Canada, the North Atlantic Triangle, and the Empire ; 26. The British Caribbean from Demobilization to Constitutional Decolonization ; 27. Latin America ; 28. China ; 29. Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands ; 30. Commonwealth Legacy ; 31. Epilogue ; Chronology, Index