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

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Darwin, John.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xiii, 800 p. :; ill., maps.

Table of Contents

• 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.