Britain and Empire, 1880-1945.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction to the Series -- Acknowledgement -- Chronology -- Maps -- Part One: Introduction -- 1. Background and Context -- Part Two: Analysis -- 2. Imperial Expansion and National Foreboding, 1880-1900 -- The Politics of Imperialism -- The Scramble for Colonies -- The Imperial System -- Popular Imperialism -- Fin-de-Siècle Anxieties -- 3. Making the Nation Imperial, 1900-14 -- The South African War and Its Aftermath -- The Social Imperial State -- Empire and National Identity -- Contention and Consensus over Empire -- 4. World War and Social Imperialism, 1914-22 -- The Assets and Debits of Empire -- The Triumph of Social Imperialism -- War Imperialism -- Crisis and Recovery -- Deconstructing/Reconstructing Britain -- 5. Concessions and Consolidation, 1923-37 -- An Empire for the Masses -- Trusteeship and Development -- Creating the Commonwealth -- Economic Crisis and the Politics of Empire -- 6. From Appeasement to Global War, 1937-45 -- The Logic of Appeasement -- Resources and Commitments -- The Empire in the Balance -- Bringing the Empire Home -- Part Three: Assessment -- 7. Conclusions -- Part Four Documents -- Glossary -- Who's Who -- Bibliography -- Index.

Focusing on Britain and her empire, this up-to-date and accessible survey provides the ideal introduction for readers coming to the subject for the first time. Covering both the economics and politics of expansion, and the social and cultural impact of empire, the study offers a synthesis of the enormous amount of literature available on the subject. Tracing developments throughout the British Empire including in Ireland, India, and Egypt, particular points of focus are the Anglo-Boer War, and the First World War which is presented as an 'imperial war'.

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