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

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

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Darwin, John.

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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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xiii, 800 p. : maps; 24 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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