The Cambridge illustrated history of the British Empire

Abstract

Introduction: the world shaped by empire P. J. Marshall Part I. The History of Empire: 1. The British empire at the end of the eighteenth century P. J. Marshall 2. 1783-1870: an expanding empire P. J. Marshall 3. 1870-1918: the empire under threat P. J. Marshall 4. 1918 to the 1960s: keeping afloat P. J. Marshall Part II. The Life of the Empire: 5. For richer, for poorer? David Fieldhouse 6. Power, authority, and freedom A. J. Stockwell 7. Empires in the mind Andrew Porter 8. Imperial towns and cities Thomas R. Metcalf 9. British emigration and new identities Ged Martin and Benjamin E. Kline 10. The diaspora of the Africans and the Asians P. J. Marshall 11. Art and the empire John M. Mackenzie Part III. The Imperial Experience: 12. Imperial Britain P. J. Marshall 13. Australia K. S. Inglis 14. Africa Toyin Falola 15. British rule in India: an assessment Tapan Raychaudhuri Conclusion: Empire in retrospect P. J. Marshall Reference Guide: British imperial territories from 1783 Further reading Contributors Acknowledgements Index.

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