British Empire : Pomp, Power and Postcolonialism.
Johnson, Robert.
British Empire : Pomp, Power and Postcolonialism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (80 pages) - Humanities Insights . - Humanities Insights .
Intro -- Copyright and Licence -- Title Page -- A Note on the Author -- Contents -- I: A Journey over Palm and Pine: An Overview of Histories, Peoples and Developments -- 1. Early Colonialism: Exploration, Exploitation and Chartered Companies -- 2. The Company Raj (India) and the Loss of the American Colonies -- 3. Slavery, Anti-Slavery, Liberalism and Imperialism -- 4. Imperial Expansion in the Nineteenth Century -- 5. War, Retreat and Transformation in the Twentieth Century -- II: Problems in Interpretation: Historiography, Post-Colonialism and Sources -- 6. Historiography: approaches to the history of the British Empire -- 7. Post-Colonialism: Explanation and Evaluation -- 8. Sources: Eurocentrism, the 'silenced' sources, and the problem of 'representation' -- III: Issues and Debates -- 9. Controversies over the Motives for Empire -- 10. The Colonies of Settlement: Colonisation, Identities and Narratives -- 11. The Nature of Imperialism: How did the British Empire Function? -- 12. Collaboration and Resistance -- 13. Race, Class and Gender -- IV: Selected Bibliography -- Other Humanities Insights Titles.
9781847600165
Imperialism -- History.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.
Electronic books.
JC359 -- .J64 2007eb
325.32
British Empire : Pomp, Power and Postcolonialism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (80 pages) - Humanities Insights . - Humanities Insights .
Intro -- Copyright and Licence -- Title Page -- A Note on the Author -- Contents -- I: A Journey over Palm and Pine: An Overview of Histories, Peoples and Developments -- 1. Early Colonialism: Exploration, Exploitation and Chartered Companies -- 2. The Company Raj (India) and the Loss of the American Colonies -- 3. Slavery, Anti-Slavery, Liberalism and Imperialism -- 4. Imperial Expansion in the Nineteenth Century -- 5. War, Retreat and Transformation in the Twentieth Century -- II: Problems in Interpretation: Historiography, Post-Colonialism and Sources -- 6. Historiography: approaches to the history of the British Empire -- 7. Post-Colonialism: Explanation and Evaluation -- 8. Sources: Eurocentrism, the 'silenced' sources, and the problem of 'representation' -- III: Issues and Debates -- 9. Controversies over the Motives for Empire -- 10. The Colonies of Settlement: Colonisation, Identities and Narratives -- 11. The Nature of Imperialism: How did the British Empire Function? -- 12. Collaboration and Resistance -- 13. Race, Class and Gender -- IV: Selected Bibliography -- Other Humanities Insights Titles.
9781847600165
Imperialism -- History.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.
Electronic books.
JC359 -- .J64 2007eb
325.32