Imperial Meridian: The British Empire and the World 1780-1830

ISBN-13: 9780582494381 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 312 str.

C A Bayly

Opis

This volume, in a series which deals with significant historical issues and aims to explain the current state of our knowledge in the area, discusses the history and development of British imperialism and the Muslim Empires in Asia and the world crisis from 1780 to 1830.

Spis treści

Introduction.  1. Political and Social Change in the Muslim Empires, 1600-1800.  2. Crisis and Reorganisation in Muslim Asia.  3. War, Empire and the Colonies of Settlement to 1790.  4. Britain’s New Imperial Age.  5. Imperial Britain: Personnel and Ideas.  6. The World Crisis, 1780-1820.  7. Proconsular Despotisms: the British empire, c. 1800-40.  8. Colonial Society in the Early Nineteenth Century.  Conclusion.  Select Bibliography.  Maps.  Index.

O autorze

C. A. Bayly