Notice bibliographique
- Notice
Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Lester, Alan. Éditeur scientifique
Boehme, Kate
Mitchell, Peter (1982-....)
Titre(s) : Ruling the world [Texte imprimé] : freedom, civilisation and liberalism in the nineteenth-century British Empire / Alan Lester, Kate Boehme, Peter Mitchell
Publication : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xii, 403 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Ruling the World tells the story of how the largest and most diverse empire in history
was governed, everywhere and all at once. Focusing on some of the most tumultuous
years of Queen Victoria's reign, Alan Lester, Kate Boehme and Peter Mitchell adopt
an entirely new perspective to explain how the men in charge of the British Empire
sought to manage simultaneous events across the globe. Using case studies including
Canada, South Africa, the Caribbean, Australia, India and Afghanistan, they reveal
how the empire represented a complex series of trade-offs between Parliament's, colonial
governors', colonists' and colonised peoples' agendas. They also highlight the compromises
that these men made as they adapted their ideals of freedom, civilization and liberalism
to the realities of an empire imposed through violence and governed in the interests
of Britons"
Sujet(s) : Libéralisme -- Colonies britanniques -- 19e siècle
Civilisation -- Colonies britanniques -- 19e siècle
Colonies britanniques -- 19e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781108426206. - ISBN 1108426204. - ISBN 9781108584227 (erroné). - ISBN 9781108444897.
- ISBN 110844489X
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46813656w
Notice n° :
FRBNF46813656
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction ; Setting the Scene for Emancipation ; Managing Expectations ; Political
Freedom ; Settler Liberties ; Free Trade, Famine and Invasion ; Steam and Opium
; Conclusion to Part One: An Empire of Freedom? ; Setting the Scene: Hubris and Crisis
; "A Struggle of Life and Death" ; A New Imperial Government ; Conclusion to Part
Two: An Empire of Civilization? ; Liberal Fathers and Sons ; Imperialism ; Imperial
Wars and their Aftermaths ; Conclusion to Part Three: A Liberal Empire?