List of Maps |
XVII |
List of Figures |
XVIII |
List of Tables |
XIX |
Abbreviations and Location of Manuscript Sources |
XXI |
List of Contributors |
XXII |
1. Introduction Wm. Roger Louis | 1 |
2. The British Empire in the Edwardian Era Ronald Hyam | 47 |
3. A Third British Empire? The Dominion Idea in Imperial Politics John Darwin | 64 |
4. The Metropolitan Economics of Empire D. K. Fieldhouse | 88 |
5. The British Empire and the Great War, 1914-1918 Robert Holland | 114 |
6. Ireland and the Empire-Commonwealth, 1900-1948 Deirdre McMahon | 138 |
7. Migrants and Settlers Stephen Constantine | 163 |
8. Critics of Empire in Britain Nicholas Owen | 188 |
9. The Popular Culture of Empire in Britain John M. MacKenzie | 212 |
10. Colonial Rule John W. Cell | 232 |
11. Bureaucracy and 'Trusteeship' in the Colonial Empire Ronald Hyam | 255 |
12. 'Deceptive Might': Imperial Defence and Security, 1900-1968 Anthony Clayton | 280 |
13. The Second World War Keith Jeffery | 306 |
14. The Dissolution of the British Empire Wm. Roger Louis | 329 |
15. Imperialism and After: The Economy of the Empire on the Periphery B. R. Tomlinson | 357 |
16. Gender in the British Empire Rosalind O'Hanlon | 379 |
17. The British Empire and the Muslim World Francis Robinson | 398 |
18. India Judith M. Brown | 421 |
19. Ceylon S. R. Ashton | 447 |
20. Imperialism and Nationalism in South-East Asia A. J. Stockwell | 465 |
21. Britain's Informal Empire in the Middle East Glen Balfour-Paul | 490 |
22. West Africa Toyin Falola and A. D. Roberts | 515 |
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Book title: The Oxford History of the British Empire.
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- The Twentieth Century *
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- List of Maps *
- List of Figures *
- List of Tables *
- Abbreviations and Location of Manuscript Sources *
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