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Discusses how Britain replicated the "Singapore model" - the use of imported "industrious" Chinese labour - to other parts of its empire, with varying degrees of success.
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Demonstrates the crucial significance of British and Greek Cypriot propaganda during the Greek Cypriot anti-colonial revolt (1955-1959), using new English and Greek language source material to reveal how and why the British Empire lost the battle for hearts and minds in Cyprus.
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Winner of the Morris D. Forkasch prize for the best book in British history 2002 Civilising Subjects argues that the empire was at the heart of nineteenth--century Englishness.
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They were abolitionists, speculators, slave owners, government officials, and occasional politicians. They were observers of the anxieties and... Læs mere
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Traces the emergence of the world's greatest empire from its earliest beginnings in the British Isles, through its ascendancy in Victorian times, to... Læs mere
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1781. An investigation into a gruesome murder on the Deptford Docks leads to a dark secret that could change the very core of British society . . .
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The first detailed account - based on recently-opened archives - of when, how, and why the British Government changed its mind about giving independence to the Pacific Islands.
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Discover the secret, intimate stories that animate the watershed events of British history, plus a new chapter on the defining event of twenty-first century Britain – Brexit!
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This book examines the transfer and adaptation of British female gentility in various locations across the British Empire, including Africa,... Læs mere
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The first book in a new Johns Hopkins series, Regional Perspectives on Early America, At the Edge of Empire explores one of British America's most intriguing regions, both widening and deepening our understanding of North America's colonial experience.