Understanding the British Empire /
Hyam, Ronald.
Understanding the British Empire / Ronald Hyam. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xxi, 552 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dynamics : geopolitics and economics. The primacy of geopolitics : the dynamics of British imperial policy, 1763-1963 ; The partition of Africa : geopolitical and internal perspectives ; The empire in a comparative global context, 1815-1914 ; The myth of "gentlemanly capitalism" -- Ethics and religion. Peter Peckard, "universal benevolence", and the abolition of the slave trade ; The view from below : the African response to missionaries -- Bureaucracy and policy-making. Bureaucracy and trusteeship in the colonial empire ; Africa and the Labour government, 1945-1951 ; John Bennett and the end of empire -- Great men. Winston Churchill's first years in ministerial office, 1905-1911 ; Churchill and the colonial empire ; Smuts in context : Britain and South Africa -- Sexuality. Empire and sexual opportunity ; Penis envy and "penile othering" in the colonies and America ; Concubinage and the Colonial Service : Silberrad and the Crewe Circular, 1909 ; Greek love in British India : Captain Searight's manuscript -- Imperial historians. Imperial and Commonwealth history at Cambridge, 1881-1981 : founding fathers and pioneer research students ; The Oxford and Cambridge imperial history professoriate, 1919-1981 : Robinson and Gallagher and their predecessors.
This wide-ranging volume covers key themes essential to understanding the complexities of the British Empire, including religion and ethics, sexuality, geopolitical and economic dynamics and imperial bureaucracy.
English.
9781139775588 (electronic bk.) 1139775588 (electronic bk.) 9781139778626 (electronic bk.) 1139778625 (electronic bk.) 9780511760495 (electronic bk.) 0511760493 (electronic bk.) 1283817977 9781283817974 9781139781619 (electronic bk.) 1139781618 (electronic bk.) 1316086593 9781316086599 1107253179 9781107253179 1139777106 9781139777100
Imperialism--History.
Impérialisme--Histoire.
HISTORY--World.
British colonies.
Imperialism.
Colonies--Administration.
Religion.
Social conditions
Imperialismus
Kolonialismus
Great Britain--Colonies.
Great Britain--Colonies--Administration--History.
Great Britain--Colonies--Religion.
Great Britain--Colonies--Social conditions.
Grande-Bretagne--Colonies.
Grande-Bretagne--Colonies--Administration--Histoire.
Grande-Bretagne--Colonies--Religion.
Grande-Bretagne--Colonies--Conditions sociales.
Großbritannien
Electronic books.
Aufsatzsammlung.
History.
DA16 / .H943 2010eb
909.0971241
Understanding the British Empire / Ronald Hyam. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xxi, 552 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dynamics : geopolitics and economics. The primacy of geopolitics : the dynamics of British imperial policy, 1763-1963 ; The partition of Africa : geopolitical and internal perspectives ; The empire in a comparative global context, 1815-1914 ; The myth of "gentlemanly capitalism" -- Ethics and religion. Peter Peckard, "universal benevolence", and the abolition of the slave trade ; The view from below : the African response to missionaries -- Bureaucracy and policy-making. Bureaucracy and trusteeship in the colonial empire ; Africa and the Labour government, 1945-1951 ; John Bennett and the end of empire -- Great men. Winston Churchill's first years in ministerial office, 1905-1911 ; Churchill and the colonial empire ; Smuts in context : Britain and South Africa -- Sexuality. Empire and sexual opportunity ; Penis envy and "penile othering" in the colonies and America ; Concubinage and the Colonial Service : Silberrad and the Crewe Circular, 1909 ; Greek love in British India : Captain Searight's manuscript -- Imperial historians. Imperial and Commonwealth history at Cambridge, 1881-1981 : founding fathers and pioneer research students ; The Oxford and Cambridge imperial history professoriate, 1919-1981 : Robinson and Gallagher and their predecessors.
This wide-ranging volume covers key themes essential to understanding the complexities of the British Empire, including religion and ethics, sexuality, geopolitical and economic dynamics and imperial bureaucracy.
English.
9781139775588 (electronic bk.) 1139775588 (electronic bk.) 9781139778626 (electronic bk.) 1139778625 (electronic bk.) 9780511760495 (electronic bk.) 0511760493 (electronic bk.) 1283817977 9781283817974 9781139781619 (electronic bk.) 1139781618 (electronic bk.) 1316086593 9781316086599 1107253179 9781107253179 1139777106 9781139777100
Imperialism--History.
Impérialisme--Histoire.
HISTORY--World.
British colonies.
Imperialism.
Colonies--Administration.
Religion.
Social conditions
Imperialismus
Kolonialismus
Great Britain--Colonies.
Great Britain--Colonies--Administration--History.
Great Britain--Colonies--Religion.
Great Britain--Colonies--Social conditions.
Grande-Bretagne--Colonies.
Grande-Bretagne--Colonies--Administration--Histoire.
Grande-Bretagne--Colonies--Religion.
Grande-Bretagne--Colonies--Conditions sociales.
Großbritannien
Electronic books.
Aufsatzsammlung.
History.
DA16 / .H943 2010eb
909.0971241