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

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Magisterial global history of the rise and fall of the British Empire by award-winning author.

List of maps	p. ix
Preface and acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction: the project of an Empire	p. 1
Towards 'The Sceptre of the WorldÆ: the elements of Empire in the long nineteenth century
Victorian origins	p. 23
The octopus power	p. 64
The commercial republic	p. 112
The Britannic experiment	p. 144
'Un-British ruleÆ in 'Anglo-IndiaÆ	p. 180
The weakest link: Britain in South Africa	p. 217
The Edwardian transition	p. 255
'The great liner is sinkingÆ: the British world-system in the age of war
The war for Empire, 1914-1919	p. 305
Making imperial peace, 1919-1926	p. 359
Holding the centre, 1927-1937	p. 418
The strategic abyss, 1937-1942	p. 476
The price of survival, 1943-1951	p. 514
The third world power, 1951-1959	p. 566
Reluctant retreat, 1959-1968	p. 610
Conclusion	p. 649
Notes	p. 656
Select bibliography	p. 789
Index	p. 795
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