The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume III: The Nineteenth Century / Edition 1

by Andrew Porter

Overview

Volume III covers the long watershed of the nineteenth century, from the American independence of the 1780s to the eve of world war in 1914. This period saw Britain's greatest expansion as an empire-builder and a dominant world power.

We begin with several thematic chapters—some are on Britain while others consider the empire's periphery—exploring the key dynamics of British expansion that made imperial influence possible and imperial rule prevalent. The volume also studies the economic, cultural, and institutional frameworks that shaped Britain's overseas empire. Focus then shifts to the principal areas of imperial activity overseas, including both white-settler and tropical colonies, and the question of how British interests and imperial rule shaped the political, social, and economic histories of individual regions. The themes include economics, institutions, defense, technology, imperial and colonial cultures, science, and exploration. The volume examines not only the formal empire, stretching from Australasia and the West Indies to India and the African colonies, but also China and Latin America, which were the central components of Britain's "informal" empire.

About the Series:

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. It deals with the interaction of British and non-western societies from the Elizabethan era to the late twentieth century, provides a balanced treatment of the ruled as well as the rulers, and takes into account the significance of the Empire for the peoples of the British Isles. All five of the volumes in this series fully explore economic and social as well as political trends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199246786
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	09/20/2001
Series:	Oxford History of the British Empire , #3
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	798
Product dimensions:	9.22(w) x 6.36(h) x 1.61(d)

About the Author

Andrew Porter is Rhodes Professor of Imperial History at the University of London.

Table of Contents

List of Maps, List of Figures, List of Tables, Abbreviations and Location of Manuscript Sources, List of ContributorsPart 11. Introduction: Britain and the Empire in the Nineteenth Century, Andrew Porter2. Economics and Empire: The Metropolitan Context, P. J. Cain3. Economics and Empire: The Periphery and the Imperial Economy, B. R. Tomlinson4. British Migration and the Peopling of the Empire, Marjory Harper5. Migration from Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific, David Northrup6. British Policy, Trade, and Informal Empire in the Mid-Nineteenth Century, Martin Lynn7. Britain and Latin America, Alan Knight8. Britain and China 1842-1914, Jürgen Osterhammel9. Imperial Institutions and the Government of Empire, Peter Burroughs10. Trusteeship, Anti-Slavery and Humanitarianism, Andrew Porter11. Religion, Missionary Enthusiasm, and Empire, Andrew Porter12. British Expansion, Empire, and Technological Change, Robert V. Kubicek13. Empire and Metropolitan Cultures, John M. MacKenzie14. Scientific Exploration and Empire, Robert A. Stafford15. Defence and Imperial Disunity, Peter Burroughs16. The Political Economy of Empire, 1880-1914, E. H. H. GreenPart 217. British Expansion and Rule in South-East Asia, A. J. Stockwell18. India 1818-1860: The Two Faces of Colonialism, D. A. Washbrook19. Imperial India, 1858-1914, Robin J. Moore20. The Evolution of Colonial Cultures: Nineteenth-Century Asia, Susan Bayly21. The British West Indies, Gad Heuman22. Ireland and the Empire, David Fitzpatrick23. Canada from 1815, Ged Martin24. Australia and the Western Pacific, Donald Denoon with Marivic Wyndham25. Southern Islands: New Zealand and Polynesia, Raewyn Dalziel26. Southern Africa, 1795-1910, Christopher Saunders and Iain R. Smith27. Great Britain and the Partition of Africa, 1870-1914, Colin Newbury28. The British Occupation of Egypt from 1882, Afaf al Sayyid-Marsot29. Cultural Encounters: Britain and Africa in the Nineteenth Century, T. C. McCaskie30. The British Empire: Costs and Benefits, Prosperity and Security, 1870-1914, Avner OfferChronology, Index

Editorial Reviews

"Magnificent...Taken together, these books constitute an extraordinary feat of organization and scholarship, and they provide the authoritative history of the British Empire for our generation, and the essential starting point of the re-writing of that history which will take place in the next generation. Opinions differ about the British Empire; there can be no disagreement about this superb history of it."—David Cannadine in The Times Literary Supplement

"The Oxford History of the British Empire will take many years to be digested. In the meantime, its five volumes will gather little dust on library shelves. Those fortunate enough to have these books in their own library will possess a valuable publication that recommends new approaches and raises new questions about one of the greatest cultural and technological transfers that has taken place in the world during the past half millennium."—The Historian

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