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The Empire Project

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Review: The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830-1970

User Review  - Brian - Goodreads

2/2 stars for content, 1/3 stars for writing style. Read full review

Review: The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830-1970

User Review  - Eddy Allen - Goodreads

The British Empire, wrote Adam Smith, 'has hitherto been not an empire, but the project of an empire' and John Darwin offers a magisterial global history of the rise and fall of that great imperial ... Read full review

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Contents

the project of an Empire
1
Towards The Sceptre of the World the elements of Empire in the long nineteenth century
21
Victorian origins
23
The octopus power
64
The commercial republic
112
The Britannic experiment
144
UnBritish rule in AngloIndia
180
The weakest link Britain in South Africa
217
Making imperial peace 19191926
359
Holding the centre 19271937
418
The strategic abyss 19371942
476
The price of survival 19431951
514
The third world power 19511959
566
Reluctant retreat 19591968
610
Conclusion
649
Notes
656

The Edwardian transition
255
The great liner is sinking the British worldsystem in the age of war
303
The war for Empire 19141919
305
Select bibliography
789
Index
795
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