Empire: The British Imperial Experience from 1765 to the Present by Denis Judd

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This book was first published in Great Britain in 1996 by HarperCollins Publishers.

Published by Basic Books, A Member of Perseus Books, L.L.C.

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Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

Judd, Denis, 1938-

Empire: the British experience from 1765 to the present / Denis Judd. -- 1st ed.

p. cm.
Originally published: London: HarperCollins, 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-465-01952-8 (cloth)
ISBN 0-465-01954-4 (paper)

1. Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century. 2. Great Britain--Colonies--
History--20th century. 3. Great Britain--Colonies--History--18th century.
4. Imperialism-History.

I. Title.

DA16.J88 1997

941--dc21 97-12368

98 99 00 01 RRD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

-vi-

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Publication Information: Book Title: Empire: The British Imperial Experience from 1765 to the Present. Contributors: Denis Judd - author. Publisher: Basic Books. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1996. Page Number: vi.

Title Page

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

1: Anatomy of an Empire an Introduction

2: The American Revolution the End of the First British Empire?

3: Australia the First Fleet of 1788, and the Subsequent Settlements; Gold, Wool and Responsible Government

4: Ireland the Union of 1800; the Agitation for Home Rule and Its Partial Resolution; Problems of Identity as Both Imperial Partner and Subordinate Nation

5: The Rebellions of 1837; the Durham Report; Responsible Government; Settlement and Expansion; Inter-Colonial Rivalries; the 1867 Confederation

6: The Repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 the Economics of Empire

7: The Great Indian Uprising of 1857-58 the British in India

8: The Jamaica Rebellion of 1865 British Interests in the Caribbean and the 'Nigger Question'

9: The Opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 Britain in Egypt and the Sudan; Gordon at Khartoum, and Kitchener's Reconquest of the Sudan

10: The Battle of Majuba Hill, 1881 Bantu, Briton and Boer in South Africa; from the British Annexation of the Cape to the Convention of London 1884

11: Fantasy, Power and the Partition of Africa

12: Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1897 the Uses and the Misuses of Empire; an Imperial Triumph, or Whistling in the Dark? Fin de SièCle and the Problems and Opportunities of Empire

13: The Battle of Spion Kop, 1900 Crisis, War and Union in South Africa

14: The Suicide of Sir Hector Macdonald, 1903 Sex and the British Empire

15: Joseph Chamberlain and the Cabinet Split of 1903 Tariff Reform, Economic Decline and Imperial Preference

16: Scouting for Boys, 1908 National Decline, Empire, Youth and Education

17: The Unity and the Disunity of the Empire; Pan-Anglo-Saxonism, and the Pax Britannica

18: The Gandhi-Smuts Agreement of January 1914 Anti-Imperialism, Resistance Movements, and 'Occidentalism' versus 'Orientalism'

19: The 1916 Easter Uprising in Ireland Britain, the Empire and the First World War

20: The Amritsar Massacre of 1919 Gandhi, the Raj and the Growth of Indian Nationalism, 1915-39

21: The 1924 British Empire Wembley Exhibition Selling and Buying the Empire-Commonwealth in the Inter-War Years

22: The Balfour Definition of Dominion Status, 1926 the Empire's Constitution, Trade and Development between the Wars

23: The Bodyline Tour of Australia, 1932 Imperialism, National Identity and Sport

24: The Fall of Singapore, February 1942 Britain, the Empire-Commonwealth and the Second World War

25: The Partition of India, 1947 the Labour Government and the Empire-Commonwealth, 1945 to 1951

26: Churchill's Return to Power in Britain; the Conservative 'Holding Operation'; Confrontations with Nationalist Movements in Egypt, Cyprus, West and East Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean

27: The Suez Crisis of 1956 the Fall of the British Empire and the Rise of the Commonwealth -¯ and the Common Market

28: Variable Winds of Change, and Wilson's Labour Government, 1964 to 1970

29: The Declaration of Commonwealth Principles at Singapore, 1971 the Commonwealth during the 1970s

30: The Falklands War, 1982 the Remnants of Empire

31: The Inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa, May 1994 Post-Colonialism and the Balance Sheet of Empire

Chronology 1765-1996

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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