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100 1 _aDarwin, John.
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245 1 4 _aThe empire project :
_bthe rise and fall of the British world-system, 1830-1970 /
_cJohn Darwin.
260 _aCambridge, UK ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2009.
300 _axiii, 800 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
650 0 _aImperialism
_xHistory.
_922050
650 0 _aDecolonization
_xHistory.
_922051
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [789]-794) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : 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.
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xColonies
_xHistory.
_922052
651 0 _aCommonwealth countries
_xHistory.
_922053
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xCivilization.
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856 4 2 _3Contributor biographical information
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0912/2009022115-b.html
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0912/2009022115-d.html
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0912/2009022115-t.html
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