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Contributors:

   Richard Koebner

Publisher:

   University Press of Cambridge

Place of Publication:

  Cambridge, England  

Publication Year:

  1961
Subjects:   Imperialism, Great Britain--History--Modern Period, 1485-
Table of contents
CONTENTS
FOREWORD page
I 'IMPERIUM': THE ROMAN HERITAGE 1
II FROM IMPERIUM TO EMPIRE 18
III THE EMERGENCE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE 61
IV THE PROBLEM OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES 105
V REVOLUTIONS AND EMPIRES 194
VI THE IMPERIAL PROBLEM OF IRELAND 238
VII EMPIRE IN THE NAPOLEONIC PERIOD 276
NOTES 298
INDEX 371
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1.
Great Britain since 1688: A Modern History
Book by K. B. Smellie; University of Michigan Press, 1962
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Modern Period, 1485-
...English blast furnaces. The history of the steam engine can be traced...care was necessary. There were great contrasts. London was a gamblers...self-financing was a marked feature of the period there were new channels of finance...century which saw the birth of modern economic theory was shot through...with France the economy of Britain was more elastic and resilient...were those who had completed a period of regulated servitude in a...eighteenth century represented the great landowners, the great trading...to day business and, unlike a modern minister of finance, would do...was the most powerful man in Britain, took his place as justice of...revolution it was to create modern India. Its glories will never...transmogrified into a political power. Great states may be to the moralist...To the home government in Britain the economic success of the...
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Events That Changed Great Britain since 1689
Book by Frank W.Thackeray, John E.Findling; Greenwood Press, 2002
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Modern Period, 1485-
...0-313-31686-4 alk. paper 1. Great Britain History Modern period, 1485 I. Thackeray, Frank W...standards deteriorated over this period. This conclusion is based...existing political order in Britain. Despite the shrinkage...1850. Journal of Economic History 50 1990 :591 615. Finds...economic and social change in Great Britain during the Industrial...Eric. The Forging of the Modern State. Early Industrial Britain...the greatest force in its history. The impact of the Napoleonic...with revolutionary France, Great Britain had been so frequently at...prefigure the total war of modern times. The wars of the eighteenth...from invasion throughout the period and, after 1805, was never...
3.
Empire
Book by Richard Koebner; University Press of Cambridge, 1961
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Modern Period, 1485-, Imperialism
...changing concepts of Empire and Imperialism from the Roman age to our...introduction to contemporary history which became known under...INFLUENCE OF THE HUMANISTS ON THE MODERN CONCEPT The early humanists...imperia , to count among the great powers of the future. Neither...it was in relation to these great national powers that the new...
4.
Empire
Book by Richard Koebner; University Press, 1961
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Modern Period, 1485-, Imperialism
...changing concepts of Empire and Imperialism from the Roman age to our...destructores imperii by the great majority of laymen. This...conspicuous fact in the history of the term imperium during that period which we call the Middle...commented on what would in modern language be called the...introduction to contemporary history which became known under...OF THE HUMANISTS ON THE MODERN CONCEPT The early humanists...imperia , to count among the great powers of the future. Neither...
5.
Bibliography of British History, Tudor Period, 1485-1603
Book by Conyers Read; Clarendon Press, 1959
Subjects: Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603--Bibliography
...SECOND EDITION 1959 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH HISTORY TUDOR PERIOD, 1485-1603 ISSUED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE AMERICAN...ASSOCIATION AND THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN EDITED BY CONYERS READ SECOND EDITION OXFORD...and publication of a general bibliography of Modern British History. Five years later, at the meeting...Printed collections of sources , and ch. v on Modern general histories of England contain much that...edited after Dr. Grosss death by members of the history department of Harvard University, adds important...adequate bibliography of publications covering the period to 1485 since 1914. A third edition of Gross is in...Bibliography of historical writings published in Great Britain and Empire, 1940-5. Oxf. 1947. Published in...
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1.
The Politics of Fairylore in Early Modern English Literature [*]
Journal article by Marjorie Swann; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 53, 2000
Subjects: English literature, 1485-1603 (English Renaissance period)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., English literature--Themes, motives, Fairies--Political aspects, Literature and folklore--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...the English fairies were steeped in associations with Britains precapitalist past. Fairylore thus afforded writers...practice. Patricia Fumerton has argued that in early modern England, aristocratic selfhood was rooted in "its experience...trade and travel became more common in the early modern period (48). (19.) On early modern elite material display...1995. The Tudor and Jacobean Country House: A Building History. Stroud, Gloucestershire. Akrigg, G.P.V. 1962. Jacobean...Virtuoso in the Seventeenth Century." Journal of the History of Ideas 3: 51-73, 190-219. Jonson, Ben. 1991. The...and London. Summerson, John. 1993. Architecture in Britain, 1530-1830. 9th ed. New Haven and London. Thirsk...Projects: The Development of a Consumer Society in Early Modern England. Oxford. Thomas, Keith. 1985. Religion and...
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Gender Stereotyping in Early Modern Travel Writing on Holland
Journal article by D. Christopher Gabbard; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 43, 2003
Subjects: English literature, 1485-1603 (English Renaissance period)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Netherlands--Discovery, exploration, etc., Stereotype (Psychology)--Analysis, Travel in literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...that Dutch women during this period achieved a level of independence...supplement the discourse of history, namely, if travelogues were...illustrated by turning to two early modern travelers whose accounts Schama...travel writing (exclusive of Britains Celtic fringe) were France and...Countries" because there "were no great monuments or ancient treasure...opposed to those of present day "modern patriarchy," which construes...Judging from its extensive reprint history, Fellthams piece remained broadly popular for a long period of time, but in all likelihood...of CHARLES the First, King of Great Britain ... Inhumanely Murthered by...may have been the cradle of modern feminism. (48) However, to the extent that, in the periods English writing, the figure...the Dutch Connection," in The Great Emporium: The Low Countries...
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Beyond Imperialism: The New Internationalism
Journal article by Akira Iriye; Daedalus, Vol. 134, 2005
Subjects: American imperialism--Economic aspects, American imperialism--Ethical aspects, American imperialism--Military aspects, American imperialism--Observations, American imperialism--Social aspects, Empires--History, Empires--International aspects, Empires--Observations, Terrorism
...during the war. The empires of Britain, France, Japan, and the United...than imperialism. Before the Great War, anti-imperialists in Tunisia...elsewhere were already aware that modern transportation and communications...presumably equal status. The history of the world in the second half...agreed to put an end to their history of internecine wars and to give...Economic Community, now joined by Britain, steadily effected regional integration...order must be buttressed by a great military power willing to use...Atlantic world, which dominated modern international relations and of...imperialism was also a time when modern internationalism was vigorously...world powers chose war. But the Great War proved to be the swan song...The United States and Great Britain, even as they fought against...Warren Professor of American History at Harvard University, has written...
4.
Imperialism from Below: Informal Empire and the Private Sector in Nineteenth-Century Germany
Journal article by Matt Fitzpatrick; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 54, 2008
Subjects: German foreign relations--Political aspects, German history--Political aspects, Imperialism--History
...continued to play down the role of imperialism in the project of nation-building...supporting liberal Germanys claims to great nation status and of underwriting...throughout the post-1848 and pre-1884 period. However, they were far from alone...with European colonial powers such as Britain. Unable to call upon a national government...Lothar Gall, Europa auf dem Weg in die Moderne, 1850-1890 (Munich, 1997), pp. 94...postcolonial approaches to German history see for example S. Zantop, Colonial...
5.
Postcolonial Urbicide: New Imperialism, Global Cities and the Damned of the Earth
Journal article by Kanishka Goonewardena, Stefan Kipfer; New Formations, 2006
Subjects: Imperialism--Analysis, Postcolonialism--Analysis, Revolutions--History, World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, 2001
...within and without, in the moment of the great cordoning off of the immigrants, their...from what it views as an extraneous period irrelevant to its true national heritage...ahistorically as the urban exemplification of modernist creative destruction, vividly illustrated...Solid Melts Into Air: The Experience of Modernity, London, Verso, 1982. The key sources...Bartolovich and Neil Lazarus (eds), Marxism, Modernity and Postcolonial Studies, Cambridge...
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1.
A Taste of Empire, 1600-1800
Magazine article by James Walvin; History Today, Vol. 47, January 1997
Subjects: Africans--Crimes against, Imperialism--History, International trade--History, Slave trade--History, United Kingdom--History, 1485- (Modern period)
...typical or ubiquitous presence in modern social life (until recently) than...staples developed in a relatively short period of time and involved commodities...were in effect one consequence of Britains emergence as an aggressive global...nourishment and pleasure. Yet the history of the consumption of tropical exotica...needed their produce. The very great bulk of the 11 million-plus Apricans...African slaves, whose presence in Britain (like the contemporary black community...letter-writer, mainly to the good and the great - but notably to Laurence Sterne...band of other Africans living in Britain - could be held up as shining examples...
2.
Did Europe's Mercantilist Empires Pay?
Magazine article by Patrick O'Brien; History Today, Vol. 46, March 1996
Subjects: Economic development--United Kingdom, Mercantilism--Economic aspects, United Kingdom--History, 1485- (Modern period)
...will not cover either the origins of imperialism or accord attention to Europes impact...not so fortunately, around 1545 the great mine of Potosi opened up just as imports...alleviated. Royal power in early modern Europe was basically constrained by...of Southern America. Throughout the period these Protestant `free riders, who...what stands out from Spains economic history is the declining share of industrial...beyond the empires of Holland and Britain were financed, shipped, insured and...
3.
Something for Nothing - Georgian Sinecures
Magazine article by Blake Pinnell; History Today, Vol. 43, August 1993
Subjects: Nepotism--History, Political corruption--History, United Kingdom--History, 1485- (Modern period)
...profits to the sinecure holder. The number of sinecures in Britain, their ramifications in the community and their cost to...which were published as parliamentary documents over a period of fifty years or so, provided the raw material for the...cases of fraud, but generally the arrangements were of great antiquity and accepted practice. A committee appointed...land), numbers of sinecure holders were receiving the modern equivalent of 100,000 pounds a year, and a few were pulling...as late as the 1860s, compensation to some of them (in modern terms) was still running at several hundred thousands...reports related to sinecures which were published in the period 1781 onwards. Richard Pares, King George III and the Politicians...
4.
Imperialism and the Gulf War
Magazine article by Tom Mayer; Monthly Review, Vol. 42, April 1991
Subjects: Imperialism--Middle East, International relations--Middle East, Persian Gulf War, 1991--Political aspects, Soviet Union--Influence
...economic strength also suggests how the financial constraints on foreign adventures may be overcome during the new phase of imperialism. If the war in the Persian Gulf is any indication, the United States plans to make the economically strong but militarily...
5.
Naked Imperialism
Magazine article by John Bellamy Foster; Monthly Review, Vol. 57, September 2005
Subjects: Imperialism--Analysis, Imperialism--Forecasts and trends, United States--International relations, United States--Military policy
...Vietnam War was the last imperialist war. Yet, today, imperialism is more openly embraced by the U.S. power structure...foreshadow what is potentially the most dangerous period in the history of imperialism. The course on which U.S and world...
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Rid Us of This Imperialism ..Post Haste
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), November 12, 2008
Subjects: Imperialism
Rid Us of This Imperialism ..Post Haste. Byline: Maurice Fitzmaurice ANOTHER chapter in the fight to rid the 32 counties of the vestiges of British imperialism is unfolding in Co Kerry. Republican Sinn Fein, who have refused...
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And Even His Ally Brands the Invasion 'Moral Imperialism'
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 18, 2006
Subjects: Imperialism
...Invasion Moral Imperialism. Byline: TIM SHIPMAN;BEN CLERKIN ONE of Tony Blairs closest allies has accused him of moral imperialism for going to war in Iraq. In a crushing demonstration of the PMs waning authority, Employment Minister Margaret Hodge...
3.
IRAQ: MINISTER SAVAGES BLAIR; Hodge Says PM Is Guilty of 'Moral Imperialism'
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 17, 2006
Subjects: Imperialism
...MINISTER SAVAGES BLAIR; Hodge Says PM Is Guilty of Moral Imperialism. Byline: JOE MURPHY TONY BLAIRS Iraq policy was the...affairs". She is also said to have accused him of "moral imperialism". She told a private audience that she had believed Mr Blair...
4.
Judicial Imperialism
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 28, 2008
Subjects: Gay couples, Imperialism, Online dating
Judicial Imperialism. Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES Whatever ones view of gay rights, its activists seem to unintentionally be taking the country...
5.
RECOLONise Africa; (1) in This Provocative Article a Top Historian Argues That the British Empire Brought Huge Benefit to Africa and Only a New Imperialism Can Save the Dark Continent from Itself (2) SATURDAY ESSAY
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 8, 2005
...been united in this central mantra: Imperialism equals Evil. Only this week they...and the consequent first stirrings of modern intensive growth. All this could take...spearheaded by the United States and Britain, and enthusiastically supported by...allowed to become involved in this great continent-saving project. Frances...the Fifties and Sixties, and its long history of self-serving post-independence interventions...
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1.
Great Britain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Young, This Blessed Plot: Britain and Europe from Churchill to Blair (1999); P. J. Cain and A. G. Hopkins, British Imperialism, 1688 2000 (2003). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia...
2.
Imperialism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...level of civilization and culture. Among the leading critics of imperialism at that time were the Marxists, who saw imperialism as the ultimate stage of capitalism and made much of the connection between imperialist rivalries and war. After World...
3.
British Empire
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...motives and emigration movements (see imperialism ); its long endurance resulted from...empire may have faded into history, Great Britain still continues to administer many dependencies...Bibliography See The Cambridge History of the British Empire (8 vol., 1929...
4.
Franco-Prussian War
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...or Franco-German War, 1870 71, conflict between France and Prussia that signaled the rise of German military power and imperialism. It was provoked by Otto von Bismarck (the Prussian chancellor) as part of his plan to create a unified German Empire...
5.
Chauvinism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...As a social phenomenon, chauvinism is essentially modern, becoming marked in the era of acute national rivalries and imperialism beginning in the 19th cent. It has been encouraged by mass communication, originally by the cheap newspaper. Chauvinism...
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