British imperial history. ([2017?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Simon J. Potter.
• Other Names: Potter, Simon James
• Contents: Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Questions and approaches; Definitions and concepts; Processes and places; 1 Expansion and Contraction; The 'why' and 'how' of empire-building; Capitalists, financiers, and imperialism; Informal empire and the official mind; Sub-imperialism and geopolitics; Decolonization; Gentlemanly capitalism; Pluralist explanations of empire; Conclusions; 2 Control; Who ran the British empire?; The colonial state; The varieties and limits of the colonial state; Capitalism and the colonial state; Collaboration; Knowledge and colonial rule; Conclusions; 3 Difference. A world-shaping force?Difference and the Indian raj; Subaltern Studies; Colonialism and race; Gender and empire; Conclusions; 4 Identity; Differentiation versus integration; Empire and identity in Asia and Africa; Empire and identity in Britain; The British world; Conclusions; 5 Going Global; Empire and the origins of global history; Global histories of empire; Networked histories of empire; Imperial and global lives; Conclusions; Conclusions; Glossary; Notes; Further Reading; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 909.0971241; History; HISTORY -- World; British colonies; Imperialismus; Imperialism; History -- General; Colonialism & imperialism; Great Britain -- Colonies -- History; Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland; Großbritannien; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137341846
• Related ISBNs: 113734184X; 9781137341822
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.