num_pages: 352
description: Establishes the concept of 'gentlemanely capitalism' and examines the growth of empire and many of its controversial episodes, including the partition of Africa, and concludes - against conventional wisdom - that Britain was still a dynamic imperial power on the eve of World War I.
language: English
title: British Imperialism: Crisis and Deconstruction, 1914-1990
titlecomplete: British Imperialism: Crisis and Deconstruction, 1914-1990
genres: History, Politics
ratings_count: 16
publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd