The empire project the rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970 / [Texte imprimé] :
John Darwin
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009
- 1 vol. (XIII-800 p.) : ill., cartes ; 24 cm
Index
Bibliogr. p. [789]-794
Introduction : the project of an empire -- Towards 'the sceptre of the world' : the elements of empire in the long nineteenth century -- Victorian origins -- The octopus power -- The commercial republic -- The Britannic experiment -- 'Un-British rule' in 'Anglo-India' -- The weakest link : Britain in South Africa -- The Edwardian transition -- 'The great liner is sinking' : the British world-system in the age of war -- The war for empire, 1914-1919 -- Making imperial peace, 1919-1926 -- Holding the centre, 1927-1937 -- The strategic abyss, 1937-1942 -- The price of survival, 1943-1951 -- The third world power, 1951-1959 -- Reluctant retreat, 1959-1968