Global Expansion : Britain and its Empire, 1870-1914.
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Pluto Press,
1999.
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Table of Contents:
- Contents
- Chronology
- Preface
- Introduction
- Nature of Empires
- Ancient Empires
- Medieval Empires
- Modern Empire
- Global Markets by the Eighteenth Century
- Primitive Capital Accumulation
- Regimes of Accumulation
- Industrial Economy
- Capital Investment and Industrial Challenge
- Second Industrial Revolution
- the Global Economy 1870-1914
- Unstable Structure
- Lenin's Interpretation
- Scope of Discussion
- Further Reading
- 1. The British Empire on the Eve
- The Background.
- The Global Economy and the Empire British Society
- Prelude
- India
- The 1870s
- Political Forces
- Further Reading
- 2. The Drive into Africa
- Egypt
- General Gordon and the Sudan
- Chartered Companies
- East Africa
- South and Central Africa
- Nigeria
- Imperial Rivalries
- The Berlin Conference
- The Boer Republics
- Official Attitudes
- Further Reading
- 3. Other Extensions
- India
- East Asia
- China
- Japan
- South East Asia
- South America
- Turkish and Persian Empires.
- Conclusion Further Reading
- 4. The Evolved Imperial Structure
- The Economic Framework
- Settlement Colonies
- Other Areas
- Techniques
- Ethnic Diasporas
- Power and Arms
- 'Regions Caesar Never Knew': Empire and Ideology
- Moral Self-congratulation
- The Media
- Attitudes
- 'Oldest Colony'
- Further Reading
- 5. Imperial Relations
- Settlement Colonies
- India
- Africa and Others
- Clash of Empires
- Leadership Contest
- The Chamberlain Project
- A Comparison
- Liberal Imperialists.
- Further Reading 6. Significance of Empire
- Opponents
- Notes
- Index.