Decline And Fall Of The British Empire

Author : Piers Brendon
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307388414

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The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 by Piers Brendon Pdf

A WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD NOTABLE BOOK After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared to be doomed. Yet it grew to become the greatest, most diverse empire the world had seen. Then, within a generation, the mighty structure collapsed, a rapid demise that left an array of dependencies and a contested legacy: at best a sporting spirit, a legal code and a near-universal language; at worst, failed states and internecine strife. The Decline and Fall of the British Empire covers a vast canvas, which Brendon fills with vivid particulars, from brief lives to telling anecdotes to comic episodes to symbolic moments.

Author : Piers Brendon
Publisher : Random House
Page : 842 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781409077961

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The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire by Piers Brendon Pdf

No empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. At its apogee in the 1930s, 42 million Britons governed 500 million foreign subjects. Britannia ruled the waves and a quarter of the earth's surface was painted red on the map. Yet no empire (except the Russian) disappeared more swiftly. Within a generation this mighty structure collapsed, often amid bloodshed, leaving behind a scatter of sea-girt dependencies and a ghost of an empire, the Commonwealth, overshadowed by Imperial America. It left a contested legacy: at best a sporting spirit, a legal code and a near-universal language; at worst, failed states and internecine strife. Full of vivid particulars, brief lives, telling anecdotes, comic episodes, symbolic moments and illustrative vignettes, The Decline and Fall of the British Empire is popular history at its scholarly best.

Author : John Gallagher,John Andrew Gallagher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-29
Category : History
ISBN : 0521891043

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The Decline, Revival and Fall of the British Empire by John Gallagher,John Andrew Gallagher Pdf

John Gallagher was a major influence on a generation of students of empire. His re-interpretation of the nature of British imperialism stimulated much debate. Here, Anil Seal has edited a group of Gallagher's major essays.

Author : Robert Briffault
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1940
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : LCCN:41018646

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Decline and Fall of the British Empire by Robert Briffault Pdf

Author : Robert Briffault
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258162792

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The Decline and Fall of the British Empire by Robert Briffault Pdf

Author : Correlli Barnett
Publisher : London : Eyre Methuen Limited
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015038928175

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The Collapse of British Power by Correlli Barnett Pdf

Author : John Darwin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 815 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139482141

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The Empire Project by John Darwin Pdf

The British Empire, wrote Adam Smith, 'has hitherto been not an empire, but the project of an empire' and John Darwin offers a magisterial global history of the rise and fall of that great imperial project. The British Empire, he argues, was much more than a group of colonies ruled over by a scattering of British expatriates until eventual independence. It was, above all, a global phenomenon. Its power derived rather less from the assertion of imperial authority than from the fusing together of three different kinds of empire: the settler empire of the 'white dominions'; the commercial empire of the City of London; and 'Greater India' which contributed markets, manpower and military muscle. This unprecedented history charts how this intricate imperial web was first strengthened, then weakened and finally severed on the rollercoaster of global economic, political and geostrategic upheaval on which it rode from beginning to end.

Author : Piers Brendon
Publisher : Random House UK
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 1844130819

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Eminent Edwardians by Piers Brendon Pdf

In his account of four figures (Northcliffe, Balfour, Pankhurst, Baden-Powell), each of them, in their different ways, "monsters," Piers Brendon writes wittily and succinctly--and illuminates an age. Their eminence was global, not just because Britannia ruled the waves, but because they made a lasting international impact: imprinting an indelible media presence on contemporary life; filling the powder-keg which is still the Middle East; leading the emancipation of women; and preparing the younger generation for a world shaped by the ebbing of empire.--From publisher description.

Author : Stuart Ward
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 0719060486

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British Culture and the End of Empire by Stuart Ward Pdf

The demise of the British Empire in the three decades following the Second World War is a theme that has been well traversed in studies of post-war British politics, economics and foreign relations. Yet there has been strikingly little attention to the question of how these dramatic changes in Britain's relationships with the wider world were reflected in British culture. This volume addresses this central issue, arguing that the social and cultural impact of decolonisation had as significant an effect on the imperial centre as on the colonial periphery. Far from being a matter of indifference or resigned acceptance as is often suggested, the fall of the British Empire came as a profound shock to the British national imagination, and resonated widely in British popular culture.

Author : Edward Gibbon
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1347421882

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume 8 by Edward Gibbon Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Paul Kennedy
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141983837

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The Rise And Fall of British Naval Mastery by Paul Kennedy Pdf

Paul Kennedy's classic naval history, now updated with a new introduction by the author This acclaimed book traces Britain's rise and fall as a sea power from the Tudors to the present day. Challenging the traditional view that the British are natural 'sons of the waves', he suggests instead that the country's fortunes as a significant maritime force have always been bound up with its economic growth. In doing so, he contributes significantly to the centuries-long debate between 'continental' and 'maritime' schools of strategy over Britain's policy in times of war. Setting British naval history within a framework of national, international, economic, political and strategic considerations, he offers a fresh approach to one of the central questions in British history. A new introduction extends his analysis into the twenty-first century and reflects on current American and Chinese ambitions for naval mastery. 'Excellent and stimulating' Correlli Barnett 'The first scholar to have set the sweep of British Naval history against the background of economic history' Michael Howard, Sunday Times 'By far the best study that has ever been done on the subject ... a sparkling and apt quotation on practically every page' Daniel A. Baugh, International History Review 'The best single-volume study of Britain and her naval past now available to us' Jon Sumida, Journal of Modern History

Author : David Edgerton
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0141975970

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The Rise and Fall of the British Nation by David Edgerton Pdf

Out of a liberal, capitalist, genuinely global power of a unique kind, there arose from the 1940s a distinct British nation. This nation was committed to internal change, making it much more like the great continental powers. From the 1970s it became bound up both with the European Union and with foreign capital in new ways. David Edgerton's fascinating perspective produces refreshed understanding of everything from the nature of British politics to the performance of British industry. Packed with surprising examples and arguments, The Rise and Fall of the British Nation gives us a grown-up, unsentimental history, one which is crucial at a moment of serious reconsideration for the country and its future.

Author : Neil Faulkner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0752428950

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The Decline and Fall of Roman Britain by Neil Faulkner Pdf

Why did Rome abandon Britain in the early 5th century? According to Neil Faulkner, the centralized, military-bureaucratic state, governed by a class of super-rich landlords and apparatchiks, had siphoned wealth out of the province, with the result that the towns declined and the countryside was depressed. When the army withdrew to defend the imperial heartlands, the remaining Romano-British elite succumbed to a combination of warlord power, barbarian attack, and popular revolt.

Author : Lawrence James
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 748 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1997-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 031216985X

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The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James Pdf

Covers the history of the British Empire from 1600 to the present day, and its transition from ruler of half the world to its current status of isolated, economically fragile island.

Author : John Darwin
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781846146718

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Unfinished Empire by John Darwin Pdf

A both controversial and comprehensive historical analysis of how the British Empire worked, from Wolfson Prize-winning author and historian John Darwin The British Empire shaped the world in countless ways: repopulating continents, carving out nations, imposing its own language, technology and values. For perhaps two centuries its expansion and final collapse were the single largest determinant of historical events, and it remains surrounded by myth, misconception and controversy today. John Darwin's provocative and richly enjoyable book shows how diverse, contradictory and in many ways chaotic the British Empire really was, controlled by interests that were often at loggerheads, and as much driven on by others' weaknesses as by its own strength.