The empire project : the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970, John Darwin

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The empire project : the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970, John Darwin

Title remainder

the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970

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John Darwin

Instantiates

• The empire project : the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970

Publication

• Cambridge, UK | New York, Cambridge University Press, 2009
• Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [789]-794) and index

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volume

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nc

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rdacarrier.

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text

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txt

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rdacontent.

Contents

Introduction : the project of an empire -- Towards 'the sceptre of the world' : the elements of empire in the long nineteenth century -- Victorian origins -- The octopus power -- The commercial republic -- The Britannic experiment -- 'Un-British rule' in 'Anglo-India' -- The weakest link : Britain in South Africa -- The Edwardian transition -- 'The great liner is sinking' : the British world-system in the age of war -- The war for empire, 1914-1919 -- Making imperial peace, 1919-1926 -- Holding the centre, 1927-1937 -- The strategic abyss, 1937-1942 -- The price of survival, 1943-1951 -- The third world power, 1951-1959 -- Reluctant retreat, 1959-1968

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FIEb16159871

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24 cm.

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xiii, 800 pages

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9780521302081

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unmediated

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rdamedia.

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n

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illustrations, maps

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u263232

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(OCoLC)351329779