Imperial Meridian

Author : C. A. Bayly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317870678

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Imperial Meridian by C. A. Bayly Pdf

In this impressive and ambitious survey Dr Bayly studies the rise, apogee and decline of what has come to be called `the Second British Empire' -- the great expansion of British dominion overseas (particularly in Asia and the Middle East) during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic era that, coming between the loss of America and the subsequent partition of Africa, constitutes the central phase of British imperial history.

Author : Stephen R. Halsey
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780674425651

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Quest for Power by Stephen R. Halsey Pdf

China’s late-imperial history has been framed as a long coda of decline, played out during the Qing dynasty. Reappraising this narrative, Stephen Halsey traces the origins of China’s current great-power status to this so-called decadent era, when threats of war with European and Japanese empirestriggered innovative state-building and statecraft.

Author : Ute Planert
Publisher : Springer
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137455475

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Napoleon's Empire by Ute Planert Pdf

The Napoleonic Empire played a crucial role in reshaping global landscapes and in realigning international power structures on a worldwide scale. When Napoleon died, the map of many areas had completely changed, making room for Russia's ascendency and Britain's rise to world power.

Author : Callie Wilkinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009311731

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Empire of Influence by Callie Wilkinson Pdf

"This book makes important contributions to the history of the East India Company and the history of indirect rule. It will be relevant for students and academics interested in India, the British empire, and European overseas empires generally"--

Author : Rick Halpern,Jonathan Morris
Publisher : Springer
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1997-08-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349255849

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American Exceptionalism? by Rick Halpern,Jonathan Morris Pdf

The idea that American historical development is different from that of other nations is an old one, yet it shows no sign of losing its emotive power. 'Exceptionalism' continues to excite, beguile, and frustrate students of the American past. The essays in this volume explore the ways in which the process of class formation in the United States can be said to be distinctive. Focusing upon the impact of liberal political thought, race and immigration, and the role of the war-time state, they challenge particularist and nation-centred modes of explanation. Comparing American historical development with Italian, South African, and Australian examples, the essays reinvigorate a tired debate.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Stream measurements
ISBN : STANFORD:36105021767996

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Water Resources Data by Anonim Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Mancke,Carole Shammas
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2005-05-31
Category : History
ISBN : 0801880394

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The Creation of the British Atlantic World by Elizabeth Mancke,Carole Shammas Pdf

Presenting a discussion of the forces that created the first British Empire, this volume explores differing perspectives on the rise of Britain as a world power between the 16th & 19th centuries.

Author : Gardner, Leigh,Roy, Tirthankar
Publisher : Bristol University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781529207637

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The Economic History of Colonialism by Gardner, Leigh,Roy, Tirthankar Pdf

Debates about the origins and effects of European rule in the non-European world have animated the field of economic history since the 1850s. This pioneering text provides a concise and accessible resource that introduces key readings, builds connections between ideas and helps students to develop informed views of colonialism as a force in shaping the modern world. With special reference to European colonialism of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in both Asia and Africa, this book: • critically reviews the literature on colonialism and economic growth; • covers a range of different methods of analysis; • offers a comparative approach, as opposed to a collection of regional histories, deftly weaving together different themes. With debates around globalization, migration, global finance and environmental change intensifying, this authoritative account of the relationship between colonialism and economic development makes an invaluable contribution to several distinct literatures in economic history.

Author : Ann Curthoys,Marilyn Lake
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781920942458

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Connected Worlds by Ann Curthoys,Marilyn Lake Pdf

This volume brings together historians of imperialism and race, travel and modernity, Islam and India, the Pacific and the Atlantic to show how a 'transnational' approach to history offers fresh insights into the past. Transnational history is a form of scholarship that has been revolutionising our understanding of history in the last decade. With a focus on interconnectedness across national borders of ideas, events, technologies and individual lives, it moves beyond the national frames of analysis that so often blinker and restrict our understanding of the past. Many of the essays also show how expertise in 'Australian history' can contribute to and benefit from new transnational approaches to history. Through an examination of such diverse subjects as film, modernity, immigration, politics and romance, Connected Worlds weaves an historical matrix which transports the reader beyond the local into a realm which re-defines the meaning of humanity in all its complexity. Contributors include Tony Ballantyne, Desley Deacon, John Fitzgerald, Patrick Wolfe and Angela Woollacott.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556030600217

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Critical Habitat for the Colorado River Endangered Fishes D; Biological Support Document B1; by Anonim Pdf

Author : Hugh Cunningham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317883289

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The Challenge of Democracy by Hugh Cunningham Pdf

This authoritative and thought-provoking history takes a fresh view of what was a period of unprecedented and rapid change. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, Hugh Cunningham provides a clear narrative of political events, and an analysis of change and continuity in ideas and in economic and social structure. Britain is set firmly in the context of world power and the possession of empire. An overarching theme is the challenge presented by democracy in a period framed by the First and Fourth Reform Acts. ‘Democracy’ had no stable meaning, and its opponents were just as vocal as its advocates. The book explores its implications for the role of the state, for the governance of empire, and for the relationship between the different nations within the United Kingdom.

Author : Rowan Strong
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2007-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199218042

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Anglicanism and the British Empire, C.1700-1850 by Rowan Strong Pdf

An examination of how, during the period 1700-1850, Anglican Christian understanding of the British Empire powerfully shaped the identities both of the people living in British colonies in North America, Bengal, Australia, and New Zealand - including colonists, indigenous peoples, and Negro slaves - and of the English in Britain.

Author : Sakis Gekas
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785332623

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Xenocracy by Sakis Gekas Pdf

Of the many European territorial reconfigurations that followed the wars of the early nineteenth century, the Ionian State remains among the least understood. Xenocracy offers a much-needed account of the region during its half-century as a Protectorate of Great Britain—a period that embodied all of the contradictions of British colonialism. A middle class of merchants, lawyers and state officials embraced and promoted a liberal modernization project. Yet despite the improvements experienced by many Ionians, the deterioration of state finances led to divisions along class lines and presented a significant threat to social stability. As author Sakis Gekas shows, the ordeal engendered dependency upon and ambivalence toward Western Europe, anticipating the “neocolonial” condition with which the Greek nation struggles even today.

Author : Anna Gambles
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Conservatism
ISBN : 0861932447

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Protection and Politics by Anna Gambles Pdf

Examination of debate within the Conservative party over the principles of free trade. The complex and troubled relationship between protectionism and Conservatism in nineteenth-century Britain is the focus of this book. It looks at how the developing free-trade orthodoxy was challenged within Conservatism, and offers new perspectives on the intellectual controversies which precipitated the Conservative party's split of 1846 and the intricate denouement of 1846-52. In contrast to traditional accounts, it also seeks to explore the intellectual character of opposition to the evolving mid-Victorian consensus framed around free trade, laissez-faire and sound money, revealing how Conservatives debated key aspects of economic policy. Through an exhaustive reading of Conservative journals, pamphlets and contributions to parliamentary debates, the author is able to expose an alternative set of ideas about the direction of British economic and social change and the role of government in moulding it. Dr ANNA GAMBLES is lecturer in modern British history, University of Kent at Canterbury.

Author : Robert Aldrich,Andreas Stucki
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350092433

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The Colonial World by Robert Aldrich,Andreas Stucki Pdf

The Colonial World: A History of European Empires, 1780s to the Present provides the most authoritative, in-depth overview on European imperialism available. It synthesizes recent developments in the study of European empires and provides new perspectives on European colonialism and the challenges to it. With a post-1800 focus and extensive background coverage tracing the subject to the early 1700s, the book charts the rise and eclipse of European empires. Robert Aldrich and Andreas Stucki integrate innovative approaches and findings from the 'new imperial history' and look at both the colonial era and the legacies it left behind for countries around the world after they gained independence. Dividing the text into three complementary sections, Aldrich and Stucki offer an original approach to the subject that allows you to explore: - Different eras of colonisation and decolonisation from early modern European colonialism to the present day - Overarching themes in colonial history, like 'land and sea', 'the body' and 'representations of colonialism' - A global range of snapshot colonial case studies, such as Peru (1780), India (1876), The South Pacific (1903), the Dutch East Indies (1938) and the Portuguese empire in Africa (1971) This is the essential text for anyone seeking to understand the nature and complexities of modern European imperialism and its aftermath.