Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series – serie
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Winding up the British Empire in the Pacific Islands
Inbunden, 2014
2357 kr
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Winding Up the British Empire in the Pacific Islands is the first detailed account, based on recently-opened archives, of when, how, and why the British Government changed its mind about giving independence to the Pacific Islands. As Britain began to dissolve the Empire in Asia in the aftermath of …
Migration and Empire
Av Marjory Harper, Stephen Constantine
Häftad, 2014
751 kr
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Migration and Empire provides a unique comparison of the motives, means, and experiences of three main flows of empire migrants. During the nineteenth century, the proportion of UK migrants heading to empire destinations, especially to Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, increased substantially and …
Settlers and Expatriates
Britons over the Seas
Av Robert Bickers, Robert Bickers
Häftad, 2014
751 kr
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The British Empire gave rise to various new forms of British identity in the colonial world outside the Dominions. In cities and colonies, and in sovereign states subject to more informal pressures such as Argentina or China, communities of Britons developed identities inflected by local ambitions …
Architecture and Urbanism in the British Empire
Inbunden, 2016
1843 kr
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Throughout today's postcolonial world, buildings, monuments, parks, streets, avenues, entire cities even, remain as witness to Britain's once impressive if troubled imperial past. These structures are a conspicuous and near inescapable reminder of that past, and therefore, the built heritage of …
India and the British Empire
Av Douglas M. Peers, Nandini Gooptu
Häftad, 2016
565 kr
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South Asian History has enjoyed a remarkable renaissance over the past thirty years. Its historians are not only producing new ways of thinking about the imperial impact and legacy on South Asia, but also helping to reshape the study of imperial history in general. The essays in this collection …
Scotland and the British Empire
Av John M. MacKenzie, T. M. Devine
Häftad, 2016
803 kr
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The extraordinary influence of Scots in the British Empire has long been recognized. As administrators, settlers, temporary residents, professionals, plantation owners, and as military personnel, they were strikingly prominent in North America, the Caribbean, Australasia, South Africa, India, and …
Britain's Experience of Empire in the Twentieth Century
Häftad, 2016
536 kr
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Written by specialists from various fields, this edited volume is the first systematic investigation of the impact of imperialism on twentieth-century Britain. The contributors explore different aspects of Britain's imperial experience as the empire weathered the storms of the two world wars, was …
British North America in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Häftad, 2016
506 kr
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Until relatively recently, the connection between British imperial history and the history of early America was taken for granted. In recent times, however, early American historiography has begun to suffer from a loss of coherent definition as competing manifestos demand various reorderings of the …
Winding up the British Empire in the Pacific Islands
Häftad, 2016
536 kr
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Little has been written about when, how and why the British Government changed its mind about giving independance to the Pacific Islands. Using recently opened archives, Winding Up the British Empire in the Pacific Islands gives the first detailed account of this event. As Britain began to dissolve …
Architecture and Urbanism in the British Empire
Häftad, 2020
668 kr
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Throughout today's postcolonial world, buildings, monuments, parks, streets, avenues, entire cities even, remain as witness to Britain's once impressive if troubled imperial past. These structures are a conspicuous and near inescapable reminder of that past, and therefore, the built heritage of …
Islands and the British Empire in the Age of Sail
Av Douglas Hamilton, John McAleer
Inbunden, 2021
1373 kr
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Islands are not just geographical units or physical facts; their importance and significance arise from the human activities associated with them. The maritime routes of sailing ships, the victualling requirements of their sailors, and the strategic demands of seaborne empires in the age of sail - …
British North America in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Inbunden, 2013
2171 kr
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Until relatively recently, the connection between British imperial history and the history of early America was taken for granted. In recent times, however, early American historiography has begun to suffer from a loss of coherent definition as competing manifestos demand this or that reordering of …
Britain's Experience of Empire in the Twentieth Century
Inbunden, 2011
1865 kr
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Written by specialists from various fields, this edited volume is the first systematic investigation of the impact of imperialism on twentieth-century Britain. The contributors explore different aspects of Britain's imperial experience as the empire weathered the storms of the two world wars, was …
Gender and Empire
Av Philippa Levine, Philippa Levine
Häftad, 2007
804 kr
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Focusing the perspectives of gender scholarship on the study of empire, this is an original volume full of fascinating insights about the conduct of men as well as women. Bringing together disparate fields - politics, medicine, sexuality, childhood, religion, migration, and many more topics - this …
Gender and Empire
Av Philippa Levine, Wm. Roger Louis
Inbunden, 2004
3036 kr
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Focusing the perspectives of gender scholarship on the study of empire produces an original volume full of fascinating new insights about the conduct of men as well as women. Bringing together disparate fields - politics, medicine, sexuality, childhood, religion, migration, and many more topics - …
Migration and Empire
Av Marjory Harper, Stephen Constantine
Inbunden, 2010
2183 kr
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Migration and Empire provides a unique comparison of the motives, means, and experiences of three main flows of empire migrants. During the nineteenth century, the proportion of UK migrants heading to empire destinations, especially to Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, increased substantially and …
Ireland and the British Empire
Av Kevin Kenny, Wm Roger Louis
Inbunden, 2004
2463 kr
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Modern Irish history was determined by the rise, expansion, and decline of the British Empire. And British imperial history, from the age of Atlantic expansion to the age of decolonization, was moulded in part by Irish experience. But the nature of Ireland's position in the Empire has always been a …
Ireland and the British Empire
Av Kevin Kenny
Häftad, 2005
1129 kr
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Modern Irish history was determined by the rise, expansion, and decline of the British Empire. British imperial history, from the age of Atlantic expansion to the age of decolonization, was moulded in part by Irish experience. But the nature of Ireland's position in the Empire has always been a …
Missions and Empire
Inbunden, 2005
2673 kr
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The explosive expansion of Christianity in Africa and Asia during the last two centuries constitutes one of the most remarkable cultural transformations in the history of mankind. Because it coincided with the spread of European economic and political hegemony, it tends to be taken for granted that …
Missions and Empire
Häftad, 2008
1133 kr
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The explosive expansion of Christianity in Africa and Asia during the last two centuries constitutes one of the most remarkable cultural transformations in the history of mankind. Because it coincided with the spread of European economic and political hegemony, it tends to be taken for granted that …
India and the British Empire
Av Douglas M. Peers, Nandini Gooptu m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
1950 kr
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South Asian History has enjoyed a remarkable renaissance over the past thirty years. Its historians are not only producing new ways of thinking about the imperial impact and legacy on South Asia, but also helping to reshape the study of imperial history in general. The essays in this collection …
Black Experience and the Empire
Av Philip D. Morgan, Sean Hawkins
Inbunden, 2004
3017 kr
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This work explores the lives of people of sub-Saharan Africa and their descendants, how they were shaped by empire, and how they in turn influenced the empire in everything from material goods to cultural style. The black experience varied greatly across space and over time. Accordingly, thirteen …
Environment and Empire
Av William Beinart, Lotte Hughes
Inbunden, 2007
2234 kr
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European imperialism was extraordinarily far-reaching: a key global historical process of the last 500 years. It locked disparate human societies together over a wider area than any previous imperial expansion; it underpinned the repopulation of the Americas and Australasia; it was the precursor of …
Australia's Empire
Av Deryck Schreuder, Stuart Ward
Inbunden, 2008
997 kr
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This is the first major collaborative reappraisal of Australia's experience of empire since the end of the British Empire itself.The volume examines the meaning and importance of empire in Australia across a broad spectrum of historical issues-ranging from the disinheritance of the Aborigines to …
Black Experience and the Empire
Av Philip D. Morgan, Sean Hawkins
Häftad, 2006
1035 kr
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This work explores the lives of people of sub-Saharan Africa and their descendants, how they were shaped by empire, and how they in turn influenced the empire in everything from material goods to cultural style. The black experience varied greatly across space and over time. Accordingly, thirteen …
Settlers and Expatriates
Britons over the Seas
Inbunden, 2010
2258 kr
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The British Empire gave rise to various new forms of British identity in the colonial world outside the Dominions. In cities and colonies, and in sovereign states subject to more informal pressures such as Argentina or China, communities of Britons developed identities inflected by local ambitions …
Environment and Empire
Av William Beinart, Lotte Hughes
Häftad, 2009
608 kr
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European imperialism was extraordinarily far-reaching: a key global historical process of the last 500 years. It locked disparate human societies together over a wider area than any previous imperial expansion; it underpinned the repopulation of the Americas and Australasia; it was the precursor of …
Australia's Empire
Av Deryck Schreuder, Stuart Ward
Häftad, 2010
786 kr
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This is the first major collaborative reappraisal of Australia's experience of empire since the end of the British Empire itself. The volume examines the meaning and importance of empire in Australia across a broad spectrum of historical issues-ranging from the disinheritance of the Aborigines to …
Canada and the British Empire
Av Phillip Buckner, Phillip Buckner
Häftad, 2010
905 kr
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Canada and the British Empire traces the evolution of Canada, placing it within the wider context of British imperial history. Beginning with a broad chronological narrative, the volume surveys the country's history from the foundation of the first British bases in Canada in the early seventeenth …
Scotland and the British Empire
Av John M. MacKenzie, T. M. Devine m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1733 kr
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The extraordinary influence of Scots in the British Empire has long been recognised. As administrators, settlers, temporary residents, professionals, plantation owners, and as military personnel, they were strikingly prominent in North America, the Caribbean, Australasia, South Africa, India, and …
