The empire project : the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970 / / John Darwin.

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Year of Publication:2009
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Physical Description:xiii, 800 p. :; ill., maps.
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245 1 4 |a The empire project  |h [electronic resource] :  |b the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970 /  |c John Darwin. 
260 |a Cambridge, UK ;  |a New York :  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c 2009. 
300 |a xiii, 800 p. :  |b ill., maps. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [789]-794) and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction : the project of an empire -- Towards 'the sceptre of the world' : the elements of empire in the long nineteenth century -- Victorian origins -- The octopus power -- The commercial republic -- The Britannic experiment -- 'Un-British rule' in 'Anglo-India' -- The weakest link : Britain in South Africa -- The Edwardian transition -- 'The great liner is sinking' : the British world-system in the age of war -- The war for empire, 1914-1919 -- Making imperial peace, 1919-1926 -- Holding the centre, 1927-1937 -- The strategic abyss, 1937-1942 -- The price of survival, 1943-1951 -- The third world power, 1951-1959 -- Reluctant retreat, 1959-1968. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
650 0 |a Imperialism  |x History. 
650 0 |a Decolonization  |x History. 
651 0 |a Great Britain  |x Colonies  |x History. 
651 0 |a Commonwealth countries  |x History. 
651 0 |a Great Britain  |x Civilization. 
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