The Oxford History of the British Empire: Twentieth Century v.4: Twentieth Century Vol 4 (Oxford History of the British Empire) (Hardcover)

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Impressive ... a neat balance of thematic and area-specific chapters, all of which are exceptionally well written ... will serve as a vital work of reference for any library concerned with the history of the empire. Nicholas J. White, The Economic Hist. Rev., Vol.LIII, No.4, Nov.2000. impressive ... the overall achievement is undeniably impressive. Under the magisterial guidance of Louis ... a vast array of historians has produced a solid monument of contemporary scholarship. David Gilmour, FT Weekend 19/2/00 this chapter [The Nineteenth Century] is infinitely more enlightening then anything to be found in the Cambridge Volumes. Bernard Porter, TLS These final three volumes should be compulsory reading for anyone with an interest in the subject Bernard Porter, TLS

Like its predecessors, this volume in an excellent series breaks with the practice of writing British Imperial history from an exclusively Anglocentric newpoint. It also benefits from being written at a time then the dust has settled on the passions stirred up by post-war decolonization. The books can now be viewed more objectively. In these volumes, to which more than 50 scholars from Britain, the Commonwealth and the USA have contributed, every chapter is thematic or regional. Much attention is given to the economics of empire, to patterns of trade, migration and defence, and to how the Empire was seen by the governed - rather than the governors. The 'long' 19th century from the 1780s to 1914 saw British Imperial power at its zenith yet it is clear from these books that British governments worried constantly about the cost of empire, many were concerned about its 'ramshackledom' and the generals feared that co-ordinated risings in India, South Africa and Ireland would bring it to its knees. In the event it was the two world wars which were to decide the fate of the empire by the way they loosened colonial loyalties to Britain and exhausted Britain's economic and military capacity to resist colonial rebellions when they finally came in the 1940s and '50s, though the speed of decolonization also had much to do with the state of British public opinion and Britain's relations with the USA and the Soviet Union. (Kirkus UK)

Review
Impressive ... a neat balance of thematic and area-specific chapters, all of which are exceptionally well written ... will serve as a vital work of reference for any library concerned with the history of the empire. (Nicholas J. White, The Economic Hist. Rev., Vol.LIII, No.4, Nov.2000. )

impressive ... the overall achievement is undeniably impressive. Under the magisterial guidance of Louis ... a vast array of historians has produced a solid monument of contemporary scholarship. (David Gilmour, FT Weekend 19/2/00 )

this chapter [The Nineteenth Century] is infinitely more enlightening then anything to be found in the Cambridge Volumes. (Bernard Porter, TLS )

These final three volumes should be compulsory reading for anyone with an interest in the subject (Bernard Porter, TLS )

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These words-written as an ode for the coronation of King Edward VII in 1902 to accompany Elgar's brilliantly rousing must-became the transcendent anthem of Empire. Read the first page