The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British EmpireFor most of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the British ruled over a colossal empire that stretched from one end of the map to the other. One cannot contemplate modern history without considering the role of the British Empire. The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire is an illuminating survey of the development and impact of the British Empire from the end of the American Revolution to the present day. Against a background of striking illustrations, twelve experts on imperial history survey the experience of colonialism in North America, the Caribbean, India, Africa, Australia, the Middle East, and Asia. They emphasize social and cultural history: the movement of peoples, including slavery, and of ideas, including Christianity, art, and literature; the development of trade, transport, and urban life; the impact of imperialism on food, dress, and recreation; and the emergence of new national identities. Imperialism can be a contentious issue. While not seeking to avoid controversial topics, The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire is by no means a nostalgic look at a bygone era. It is a lively document chronicling an important part of our cultural history. It will be of wide interest to history enthusiasts, students, and scholars alike. |
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Table des matières
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PART n THE LIFE OF THE EMPIRE | 108 |
Imperial Towns and Cities | 224 |
British Emigration and New Identities | 254 |
The Diaspora of the Africans and the Asians | 280 |
Art and the Empire | 296 |
PART in THE IMPERIAL EXPERIENCE | 318 |
Australia | 338 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
administration Afrikaner American annexed areas army artists Asia Australia began Bengal Britain British colonies British empire British government British rule Calcutta Canada Canadian Cape cent China Chinese Christian churches colonial rule colonies of settlement commitment Commonwealth communities countries created Crown culture dominated Dominions early economic eighteenth century emigrants English established Europe European expansion exports Fiji force French Gold Coast identity immigrants important Indian indigenous industrial Irish islands Kenya labour land language large numbers major Malay Malaya Maoris markets Mauritius military missionaries modern Muslim nationalist Nigeria nineteenth century non-European officials overseas painting Parliament plantations political population Prime Minister produced railways responsible Rhodesia rulers schools Second World Second World War settlers Sierra Leone slaves society South Africa South African War South Wales Southern Rhodesia sugar territories took towns trade traditional Transvaal troops tropical twentieth century United West Africa West Indies western Xhosa Zealand
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Page 219 - If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe, Such boastings as the Gentiles use, Or lesser breeds without the Law— Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget— left we forget!
Page 218 - ave been what I've been — Me that 'ave gone where I've gone — Me that 'ave seen what I've seen — 'Ow can I ever take on With awful old England again, An* 'ouses both sides of the street, And 'edges two sides of the lane, And the parson an' gentry between, An' touchin' my 'at when we meet — Me that 'ave been what I've been?
Page 82 - Powers, in favour of the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing should be done which might prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country...
Page 30 - Providence, internal tranquillity shall be restored, it is our earnest desire to stimulate the peaceful industry of India, to promote works of public utility and improvement, and to administer the government for the benefit of all our subjects resident therein. In their prosperity will be our strength, in their contentment our security, and in their gratitude our best reward.
Page 188 - Nor is this all : in India English is the language spoken by the ruling class ; it is spoken by the higher class of natives at the seats of government; it is likely to become the language of commerce throughout the seas of the East...
Page 188 - We must teach them some foreign language. The claims of our own language it is hardly necessary to recapitulate. It stands pre-eminent even among the languages of the West.
Page 221 - I think the admixture of yellow that the negro requires should come from India, and that Eastern Africa and British Central Africa should become the America of the Hindu. The mixture of the two races would give the Indian the physical development which he lacks, and he in his turn would transmit to his half negro offspring the industry, ambition, and aspiration towards a civilized life which the negro so markedly lacks.
Page 319 - We are now members for a rich commercial city ; this city, however, is but a part of a rich commercial nation, the interests of which are various, multiform, and intricate. We are members for that great nation, which however is itself but part of a great empire, extended by our virtue and our fortune to the farthest limits of the east and of the west.
Page 30 - I conceive that, by the acquisition of its Colonial dominions, the Nation has incurred a responsibility of the highest kind, which it is not at liberty to throw off. The authority of the British Crown is at this moment the most powerful instrument, under Providence, of maintaining peace and order in many extensive regions of the earth, and thereby assists in diffusing amongst millions of the human race, the blessings of Christianity and civilization.
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| Titre | The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire Cambridge Illustrated Histories |
| Rédacteur | P. J. Marshall |
| Édition | illustrée, réimprimée |
| Éditeur | Cambridge University Press, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0521002540, 9780521002547 |
| Longueur | 400 pages |
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