The first edition of this book represented a pioneering attempt to provide a new synthesis and a full-scale revision of the history of the British empire between 1815 and 1914 in its heyday and the period of the beginnings of its decline. In this new and substantially revised edition Ronald Hyam draws deeply on the accumulated specialized studies and the latest work, as well as on his own research, to present a comprehensive and up-to-date chronological narrative, together with a more theoretical and reflective concluding chapter, thus giving an overview of British policy and action, and covering both the areas of formal control (India and Africa) and those of informal influence (China and America). The British empire is seen in a wider perspective as part of the history of global expansion and of face relations. Strategy, diplomacy, religion, economics and racial attitudes are all considered in depth, but the imperial significance of a wide range of less obvious topics is also considered, including relations with the USA, sport, sex and freemasonry.
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Hyam's efforts have strengthened an already brilliant interpretation of the forces and factors making for British imperial expansion in the nineteenth century. The book reads well, the arguments are compelling, and the scholarship is impressive. -- Paul Kennedy, HISTORICAL JOURNAL Albion Hyam has written much more than a textbook of empire...The freshness which distinguishes, to a high degree, the first part of the book shows why he is the most interesting and provocative scholar writing on the empire from the centre...It is impeccable scholarship which draws from intellectual daring and original thinking. -- Paul Kennedy, HISTORICAL JOURNAL Historical Studies It is a pleasure to stress the lasting interest and originality of many of its ideas and its presentation... this book deserves a large readership. -- Paul Kennedy, HISTORICAL JOURNAL Andrew Porter [The book] remains the best overview of the period, and will be required reading for anyone interested in the British empire...Hyam strikes the delicate balance between faithful representation of the imperial experience and fair but anachronistic analysis...balanced, clever, and elegant... -- john powell, Pennsylvania State University--Erie QUOTE JOURNAL: Andrew Porter Rich in detail and bibliographical notes, rewarding in intellectual content, and a first-class synthesis: at once it will go onto the 'basic reading' list of British imperial history. -- Paul Kennedy, HISTORICAL JOURNAL Rich in detail and bibliographical notes, rewarding in intellectual content, and a first-class synthesis: at once it will go onto the 'basic reading' list of British imperial history. -- Paul Kennedy, HISTORICAL JOURNAL Hyam's efforts have strengthened an already brilliant interpretation of the forces and factors making for British imperial expansion in the nineteenth century. The book reads well, the arguments are compelling, and the scholarship is impressive. -- Paul Kennedy, HISTORICAL JOURNAL Albion Hyam has written much more than a textbook of empire...The freshness which distinguishes, to a high degree, the first part of the book shows why he is the most interesting and provocative scholar writing on the empire from the centre...It is impeccable scholarship which draws from intellectual daring and original thinking. -- Paul Kennedy, HISTORICAL JOURNAL Historical Studies It is a pleasure to stress the lasting interest and originality of many of its ideas and its presentation... this book deserves a large readership. -- Paul Kennedy, HISTORICAL JOURNAL Andrew Porter [The book] remains the best overview of the period, and will be required reading for anyone interested in the British empire...Hyam strikes the delicate balance between faithful representation of the imperial experience and fair but anachronistic analysis...balanced, clever, and elegant... -- john powell, Pennsylvania State University--Erie QUOTE JOURNAL: Andrew Porter
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
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978-0-389-21003-0 (9780389210030)
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Ronald Hyam is a Fellow and Librarian at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and a University Lecturer in History.
