En langue anglaise, la bibliographie est bien sûr pléthorique. Je me contente donc dans l'immédiat d'indiquer la référence absolue que constitue les trois derniers tomes de l'
Oxford History of the British Empire.
La présentation générale de l'OHBE:
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The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. From the founding of colonies in North America and the West Indies in the seventeenth century to the reversion of Hong Kong to China at the end of the twentieth, British imperialism was a catalyst for far-reaching change. The Oxford History of the British Empire as a comprehensive study helps us to understand the end of Empire in relation to its beginning, the meaning of British imperialism for the ruled as well as for the rulers, and the significance of the British Empire as a theme in world history.
Présentation et sommaire du tome III (XIXe siècle):
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Volume III of The Oxford History of the British Empire covers the long nineteenth century, from the achievement of American independence in the 1780s to the eve of world war in 1914. This was the period of Britain's greatest expansion as both empire-builder and dominant world power. The volume is divided into two parts. The first contains thematic chapters, some focusing on Britain, others on areas at the imperial periphery, exploring those fundamental dynamics of British expansion whcih made imperial influence and rule possible. They also examine the economic, cultural, and institutional frameworks whcih gave shape to Britain's overseas empire.
Part 2 is devoted to the principal areas of imperial activity overseas, including both white settler and tropical colonies. Chapters examine how British interests and imperial rule shaped individual regions' nineteenth-century political and socio-economic history. Themes dealt with include the economics of empire, imperial institutions, defence, technology, imperial and colonial cultures, science and exploration. Attention is given not only to the formal empire, from Australasia and the West Indies to India and the African colonies, but also to China and Latin America, often regarded as central components of a British `informal empire'.
Readership: Scholars, students, and general readers interested in the history of Empire.
Contents
List of Maps, List of Figures, List of Tables, Abbreviations and Location of Manuscript Sources, List of Contributors
Part 1
1. Introduction: Britain and the Empire in the Nineteenth Century , Andrew Porter
2. Economics and Empire: The Metropolitan Context , P. J. Cain
3. Economics and Empire: The Periphery and the Imperial Economy , B. R. Tomlinson
4. British Migration and the Peopling of the Empire , Marjory Harper
5. Migration from Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific , David Northrup
6. British Policy, Trade, and Informal Empire in the Mid-Nineteenth Century , Martin Lynn
7. Britain and Latin America , Alan Knight
8. Britain and China 1842-1914 , Jürgen Osterhammel
9. Imperial Institutions and the Government of Empire , Peter Burroughs
10. Trusteeship, Anti-Slavery and Humanitarianism , Andrew Porter
11. Religion, Missionary Enthusiasm, and Empire , Andrew Porter
12. British Expansion, Empire, and Technological Change , Robert V. Kubicek
13. Empire and Metropolitan Cultures , John M. MacKenzie
14. Scientific Exploration and Empire , Robert A. Stafford
15. Defence and Imperial Disunity , Peter Burroughs
16. The Political Economy of Empire, 1880-1914 , E. H. H. Green
Part 2
17. British Expansion and Rule in South-East Asia , A. J. Stockwell
18. India 1818-1860: The Two Faces of Colonialism , D. A. Washbrook
19. Imperial India, 1858-1914 , Robin J. Moore
20. The Evolution of Colonial Cultures: Nineteenth-Century Asia , Susan Bayly
21. The British West Indies , Gad Heuman
22. Ireland and the Empire , David Fitzpatrick
23. Canada from 1815 , Ged Martin
24. Australia and the Western Pacific , Donald Denoon with Marivic Wyndham
25. Southern Islands: New Zealand and Polynesia , Raewyn Dalziel
26. Southern Africa, 1795-1910 , Christopher Saunders and Iain R. Smith
27. Great Britain and the Partition of Africa, 1870-1914 , Colin Newbury
28. The British Occupation of Egypt from 1882 , Afaf al Sayyid-Marsot
29. Cultural Encounters: Britain and Africa in the Nineteenth Century , T. C. McCaskie
30. The British Empire: Costs and Benefits, Prosperity and Security, 1870-1914 , Avner Offer
Chronology, Index
Présentation et sommaire du tome 4 (XXe siècle):
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This twentieth-century volume considers many aspects of the `imperial experience' in the final years of the British Empire, culminating in the mid-century's rapid processes of decolonization. It seeks to understand the men who managed the empire, their priorities and vision, and the mechanisms of control and connection which held the empire together. There are chapters on imperial centres, on the geographical `periphery' of empire, and on all its connecting mechanisms, including institutions and the flow of people, money, goods, and services. The volume also explores the experience of `imperial subjects' in terms of culture, politics, and economics; an experience which culminated in the growth of vibrant, often new, national identities and movements and, ultimately, new nation-states. It concludes with the processes of decolonization which reshaped the political map of the late twentieth-century world.
Readership: Scholars, students, and general readers interested in the history of Empire.
Contents
List of Maps, List of Figures, List of Tables, Abbreviations and Location of Manuscript Sources, List of Contributors
1. Introduction , Wm. Roger Louis
2. The British Empire in the Edwardian Era , Ronald Hyam
3. A Third British Empire? The Dominion Idea in Imperial Politics , John Darwin
4. The Metropolitan Economics of Empire , D. K. Fieldhouse
5. The British Empire and the Great War, 1914-1918 , Robert Holland
6. Ireland and the Empire-Commonwealth, 1900-1948 , Deirdre McMahon
7. Migrants and Settlers , Stephen Constantine
8. Critics of Empire , Nicholas Owen
9. The Popular Culture of Empire in Britain , John M. MacKenzie
10. Colonial Rule , John W. Cell
11. Bureaucracy and `Trusteeship' in the Colonial Empire , Ronald Hyam
12. `Deceptive Might': Imperial Defence and Security, 1900-1968 , Anthony Clayton
13. The Second World War , Keith Jeffery
14. The Dissolution of the British Empire , Wm. Roger Louis
15. Imperialism and After: The Economy of the Empire on the Periphery , B. R. Tomlinson
16. Gender in the British Empire , Rosalind O' Hanlon
17. The British Empire and the Muslim Worlds , Francis Robinson
18. India , Judith M. Brown
19. Ceylon , Stephen Ashton
20. Imperialism and Nationalism in South-East Asia , A. J. Stockwell
21. Britain's Informal Empire in the Middle East , Glen Balfour-Paul
22. West Africa , Toyin Falola and A. D. Roberts
23. East Africa , John Lonsdale
24. Southern Africa , Shula Marks
25. Canada, the North Atlantic Triangle, and the Empire , David MacKenzie
26. The British Caribbean from Demobilization to Constitutional Decolonization , Howard Johnson
27. Latin America , Alan Knight
28. China , Jürgen Osterhammel
29. Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands , W. David McIntyre
30. Commonwealth Legacy , W. David McIntyre
31. Epilogue , Judith M. Brown
Chronology, Index
Présentation et sommaire du volume historiographique transversal:
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This fifth and final volume shows how opinions have changed dramatically over the generations about the nature, role, and value of imperialism generally, and the British Empire more specifically. The distinguished team of contributors discuss the many and diverse elements which have influenced writings on the Empire: the pressure of current events, access to primary sources, the creation of relevant university chairs, the rise of nationalism in former colonies, decolonization, and the Cold War. They demonstrate how the study of empire has evolved from a narrow focus on constitutional issues to a wide-ranging enquiry about international relations, the uses of power, and impacts and counterimpacts between settler groups and native peoples. The result is a thought-provoking cultural and intellectual inquiry into how we understand the past, and whether this understanding might affect the way we behave in the future.
Readership: Scholars, students, and general readers interested in the history of Empire.
Contents
List of Contributors
1. Introduction
2. The First British Empire
3. The Second British Empire
4. British North America in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
5. The American Revolution
6. Ireland
7. The British West Indies
8. Canada and the Empire
9. Australia and the Empire
10. Colonization and History in New Zealand
11. India to 1858
12. India, 1858-1937
13. India in the 1940s
14. Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
15. Pakistan's Emergence
16. Science, Medicine, and the British Empire
17. Disease, Diet, and Gender: Late Twentieth-Century Critical Perspective on Empire
18. Exploration and Empire
19. Missions and Empire
20. Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Abolition
21. The Royal Navy and the British Empire
22. Imperial Defence
23. The Empire-Commonwealth and the Two World Wars
24. Imperial Flotsam? The British in the Pacific Islands
25. Formal and Informal Empire in East Asia
26. The British Empire in South-East Asia
27. Formal and Imformal Empire in the Middle East
28. Informal Empire in Latin America
29. Britain and the Scramble for Africa
30. The British Empire in Tropical Africa: A Review of the Literature to the 1960s
31. West Africa
32. East Africa: Metropolitan Action and Local Initiative
33. Central and Southern Africa
34. Decolonization and the End of Empire
35. The Commonwealth
36. Art and Empire
37. Architecture in the British Empire
38. Orients and Occidents: Colonial Discourse Theory and the Historiography of the British Empire
39. The Shaping of Imperial History
40. The Future of Imperial History
41. The Way Forward
Chronology, Index
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