The Oxford History of the British Empire Volume IV: The Twentieth Century

by Brown, Judith M.; Louis, Wm. Roger

• ISBN13: 9780199246793
• ISBN10: 0199246793
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The fourth installment in this distinguished and unprecedented series brings us to the twentieth century. As with the other volumes, this book includes the work of leading scholars. Here, readers confront the many facets of the imperial experience in the final century of the British Empire, above all the rapid processes of decolonization that began at mid-century. Volume IV attempts to understand the men who managed the empire, their priorities and visions as leaders, and the mechanisms of control which held the empire together. There are chapters on imperial centers of activity, on the geographical periphery of the empire, and on the entirety of its connecting mechanisms, including institutions and the flow of people, money, goods, and services. Contributors also explore the experiences of Britain's imperial subjects in culture, politics, and economics--those experiences which fostered the growth of vibrant, and often new, national identities and movements as well as--ultimately--new nation-states. It concludes with decolonization and the reshaping of the political map of the world. About the Series: The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. It deals with the interaction of British and non-western societies from the Elizabethan era to the late twentieth century, provides a balanced treatment of the ruled as well as the rulers, and takes into account the significance of the Empire for the peoples of the British Isles. All five of the volumes in this series fully explore economic and social as well as political trends.

Author Biography

Judith Brown is Beit Professor of Commonwealth History, and Fellow of Balliol College, at Oxford University. Wm. Roger Louis is Kerr Professor of English History and Culture and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

Table of Contents

List of Maps	xvii
List of Figures	xviii
List of Tables	xix
Abbreviations and Location of Manuscript Sources	xxi
List of Contributors	xxii
Introduction	1	(46)
Wm. Roger Louis
The British Empire in the Edwardian Era	47	(17)
Ronald Hyam
A Third British Empire? The Dominion Idea in Imperial Politics	64	(24)
John Darwin
The Metropolitan Economics of Empire	88	(26)
D.K. Fieldhouse
The British Empire and the Great War, 1914--1918	114	(24)
Robert Holland
Ireland and the Empire-Commonwealth, 1900--1948	138	(25)
Deirdre McMahon
Migrants and Settlers	163	(25)
Stephen Constantine
Critics of Empire in Britain	188	(24)
Nicholas Owen
The Popular Culture of Empire in Britain	212	(20)
John M. MacKenzie
Colonial Rule	232	(23)
John W. Cell
Bureaucracy and 'Trusteeship' in the Colonial Empire	255	(25)
Ronald Hyam
'Deceptive Might': Imperial Defence and Security, 1900--1968	280	(26)
Anthony Clayton
The Second World War	306	(23)
Keith Jeffery
The Dissolution of the British Empire	329	(28)
Wm. Roger Louis
Imperialism and After: The Economy of the Empire on the Periphery	357	(22)
B.R. Tomlinson
Gender in the British Empire	379	(19)
Rosalind O'Hanlon
The British Empire and the Muslim World	398	(23)
Francis Robinson
India	421	(26)
Judith M. Brown
Ceylon	447	(18)
S.R. Ashton
Imperialism and Nationalism in South-East Asia	465	(25)
A. J. Stockwell
Britain's Informal Empire in the Middle East	490	(25)
Glen Balfour-Paul
West Africa	515	(15)
Toyin Falola
A. D. Roberts
East Africa	530	(15)
John Lonsdale
Southern Africa	545	(29)
Shula Marks
Canada, the North Atlantic Triangle, and the Empire	574	(23)
David MacKenzie
The British Caribbean from Demobilization to Constitutional Decolonization	597	(26)
Howard Johnson
Latin America	623	(20)
Alan Knight
China	643	(24)
Jurgen Osterhammel
Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands	667	(26)
W. David Mclntyre
Commonwealth Legacy	693	(10)
W. David Mclntyre
Epilogue	703	(9)
Judith M. Brown
Chronology	712	(29)
Index	741