The empire project
Subtitle: the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970
By: John Darwin.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521302081
Subjects: Imperialism -- History; Decolonization -- History; Great Britain -- Colonies -- History; Commonwealth countries -- History; Great Britain -- Civilization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the project of an empire; title: Towards 'the sceptre of the world' : the elements of empire in the long nineteenth century; title: Victorian origins; title: The octopus power; title: The commercial republic; title: The Britannic experiment; title: Un-British rule in 'Anglo-India'; title: The weakest link : Britain and South Africa; title: The Edwardian transition; title: 'The great liner is sinking...' the British world-system in the age of war; title: War for empire; title: Making imperial peace; title: Holding the centre; title: The strategic abyss; title: The price of survival; title: The third world power; title: Reluctant retreat.