Reviews
"Magnificent...Taken together, these books constitute an extraordinary feat of organization and scholarship, and they provide the authoritative history of the British Empire for our generation, and the essential starting point of the re-writing of that history which will take place in the next generation. Opinions differ about the British Empire; there can be no disagreement about this superb history of it." --David Cannadine in The Times Literary Supplement " The Oxford History of the British Empire will take many years to be digested. In the meantime, its five volumes will gather little dust on library shelves. Those fortunate enough to have these books in their own library will possess a valuable publication that recommends new approaches and raises new questions about one of the greatest cultural and technological transfers that has taken place in the world during the past half millennium." -- The Historian, "Magnificent...Taken together, these books constitute an extraordinary feat of organization and scholarship, and they provide the authoritative history of the British Empire for our generation, and the essential starting point of the re-writing of that history which will take place in the next generation. Opinions differ about the British Empire; there can be no disagreement about this superb history of it."--David Cannadine in The Times Literary Supplement "The Oxford History of the British Empire will take many years to be digested. In the meantime, its five volumes will gather little dust on library shelves. Those fortunate enough to have these books in their own library will possess a valuable publication that recommends new approaches and raises new questions about one of the greatest cultural and technological transfers that has taken place in the world during the past half millennium."--The Historian, "Magnificent...Taken together, these books constitute an extraordinary feat of organization and scholarship, and they provide the authoritative history of the British Empire for our generation, and the essential starting point of the re-writing of that history which will take place in the next generation. Opinions differ about the British Empire; there can be no disagreement about this superb history of it." --David Cannadine in The Times Literary Supplement, this chapter [The Nineteenth Century] is infinitely more enlightening then anything to be found in the Cambridge Volumes., "Magnificent...Taken together, these books constitute an extraordinary feat of organization and scholarship, and they provide the authoritative history of the British Empire for our generation, and the essential starting point of the re-writing of that history which will take place in the next generation. Opinions differ about the British Empire; there can be no disagreement about this superb history of it."--David Cannadine in The Times Literary Supplement"The Oxford History of the British Empire will take many years to be digested. In the meantime, its five volumes will gather little dust on library shelves. Those fortunate enough to have these books in their own library will possess a valuable publication that recommends new approaches and raises new questions about one of the greatest cultural and technological transfers that has taken place in the world during the past half millennium."--The Historian, "Magnificent...Taken together, these books constitute an extraordinary feat of organization and scholarship, and they provide the authoritative history of the British Empire for our generation, and the essential starting point of the re-writing of that history which will take place in the next generation. Opinions differ about the British Empire; there can be no disagreement about this superb history of it." --David Cannadine inThe Times Literary Supplement, 'Stafford's chapter provides an excellent overview of the RoyalGeographical Society's activities in Africa, North America and Australasia ...Excellent maps provide summaries for Africa and Australia that would be veryuseful for undergraduate teaching.'LR, Historical Records of Australian Science, Vol.13, No.2., 'Stafford's chapter provides an excellent overview of the Royal Geographical Society's activities in Africa, North America and Australasia ... Excellent maps provide summaries for Africa and Australia that would be very useful for undergraduate teaching.' LR, Historical Records of Australian Science, Vol.13, No.2., 'Stafford's chapter provides an excellent overview of the Royal Geographical Society's activities in Africa, North America and Australasia ... Excellent maps provide summaries for Africa and Australia that would be very useful for undergraduate teaching.' LR, Historical Records of Australian Science, Vol.13, No.2.'Three outtanding essays on Ireland by David Fizpatrick, Deidre McMahon and David Harkness ... no university library should be without these books.'English Historical Review, Philip Murphy., 'Three outtanding essays on Ireland by David Fizpatrick, Deidre McMahonand David Harkness ... no university library should be without these books.'English Historical Review, Philip Murphy., 'Three outtanding essays on Ireland by David Fizpatrick, Deidre McMahon and David Harkness ... no university library should be without these books.'English Historical Review, Philip Murphy., "Magnificent...Taken together, these books constitute an extraordinary feat of organization and scholarship, and they provide the authoritative history of the British Empire for our generation, and the essential starting point of the re-writing of that history which will take place in the next generation. Opinions differ about the British Empire; there can be no disagreement about this superb history of it." --David Cannadine inThe Times Literary Supplement "The Oxford History of the British Empirewill take many years to be digested. In the meantime, its five volumes will gather little dust on library shelves. Those fortunate enough to have these books in their own library will possess a valuable publication that recommends new approaches and raises new questions about one of the greatest cultural and technological transfers that has taken place in the world during the past half millennium." --The Historian, impressive ... the overall achievement is undeniably impressive. Under the magisterial guidance of Louis ... a vast array of historians has produced a solid monument of contemporary scholarship.
Table of Content
List of Maps, List of Figures, List of Tables, Abbreviations and Location of Manuscript Sources, List of ContributorsPart 11: Andrew Porter: Introduction: Britain and the Empire in the Nineteenth Century2: P. J. Cain: Economics and Empire: The Metropolitan Context3: B. R. Tomlinson: Economics and Empire: The Periphery and the Imperial Economy4: Marjory Harper: British Migration and the Peopling of the Empire5: David Northrup: Migration from Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific6: Martin Lynn: British Policy, Trade, and Informal Empire in the Mid-Nineteenth Century7: Alan Knight: Britain and Latin America8: Jürgen Osterhammel: Britain and China 1842-19149: Peter Burroughs: Imperial Institutions and the Government of Empire10: Andrew Porter: Trusteeship, Anti-Slavery and Humanitarianism11: Andrew Porter: Religion, Missionary Enthusiasm, and Empire12: Robert V. Kubicek: British Expansion, Empire, and Technological Change13: John M. MacKenzie: Empire and Metropolitan Cultures14: Robert A. Stafford: Scientific Exploration and Empire15: Peter Burroughs: Defence and Imperial Disunity16: E. H. H. Green: The Political Economy of Empire, 1880-1914Part 217: A. J. Stockwell: British Expansion and Rule in South-East Asia18: D. A. Washbrook: India 1818-1860: The Two Faces of Colonialism19: Robin J. Moore: Imperial India, 1858-191420: Susan Bayly: The Evolution of Colonial Cultures: Nineteenth-Century Asia21: Gad Heuman: The British West Indies22: David Fitzpatrick: Ireland and the Empire23: Ged Martin: Canada from 181524: Donald Denoon with Marivic Wyndham: Australia and the Western Pacific25: Raewyn Dalziel: Southern Islands: New Zealand and Polynesia26: Christopher Saunders and Iain R. Smith: Southern Africa, 1795-191027: Colin Newbury: Great Britain and the Partition of Africa, 1870-191428: Afaf al Sayyid-Marsot: The British Occupation of Egypt from 188229: T. C. McCaskie: Cultural Encounters: Britain and Africa in the Nineteenth Century30: Avner Offer: The British Empire: Costs and Benefits, Prosperity and Security, 1870-1914Chronology, Index
