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Empire : the British imperial experience, from 1765 to the present / Denis Judd.

By: Judd, Denis, 1938-Publication details: London : HarperCollins, 1996. Description: xxiv, 517 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: 000255237XSubject(s): Imperialism -- History | Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century | Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century | Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 18th centuryDDC classification: 909/.097124108 LOC classification: DA16. | J88 1996
Contents:
1. Anatomy of an Empire : An Introduction -- 2. The American Revolution : The End of the First British Empire? -- 3. Australia : The First Fleet of 1788, and the Subsequent Settlements; Gold, Wool and Responsible Government -- 4. Ireland : The Union of 1800; the Agitation for Home Rule and its Partial Resolution; Problems of Identity as Both Imperial Partner and Subordinate Nation -- 5. Canada : The Rebellions of 1837; the Durham Report; Responsible Government; Settlement and Expansion; Inter-Colonial Rivalries; the 1867 Confederation -- 6. The Repeat of the Corn Laws in 1846 : The Economics of Empire -- 7. The Great Indian Uprising of 1857-58 : The British in India -- 8. The Jamaica Rebellion of 1865 : British Interests in the Caribbean and the "Nigger Question" -- 9. The Opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 : Britain in Egypt and the Sudan; Gordon at Khartoum, and Kitchener's Reconquest of the Sudan. 10. The Battle of Majuba Hill, 1881 : Bantu, Briton and Boer in South Africa; From the British Annexation of the Cape to the Convention of London 1884 -- 11. Cecil Rhodes' Legacy : Fantasy, Power and the Partition of Africa -- 12. Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1897 : The Uses and the Misuses of Empire; an Imperial Triumph, or Whistling in the Dark? Fin de Siecle and the Problems and Opportunities of Empire -- 13. The Battle of Spion Kop, 1900 : Crisis, War and Union in South Africa -- 14. The Suicide of Sir Hector MacDonald, 1903 : Sex and the British Empire -- 15. Joseph Chamberlain and the Cabinet Split of 1903 : Tariff Reform, Economic Decline and Imperial Preference -- 16. Scouting for Boys, 1908 : National Decline, Empire, Youth and Education -- 17. The Imperial Conference of 1911: The Unity and the Disunity of the Empire; Pan-Anglo-Saxonism, and the Pax Britannica. 18. The Gandhi-Smuts Agreement of January 1914: Anti-Imperialism, Resistance Movements, and "Occidentalism" versus "Orientalism" -- 19. The 1916 Easter Uprising in Ireland : Britain, the Empire and the First World War -- 20. The Amritsar Massacre of 1919 : Gandhi, the Raj and the Growth of Indian Nationalism, 1915-39 -- 21. The 1924 British Empire Wembley Exhibition : Selling and Buying the Empire-Commonwealth in the Inter-War Years -- 22. The Balfour Definition of Dominion Status, 1926 : The Empire's Constitution, Trade and Development Between the Wars -- 23. The Bodyline Tour of Australia, 1932 : Imperialism, National Identity and Sport -- 24. The Fall of Singapore, February 1942 : Britain, the Empire-Commonwealth and the Second World War -- 25. The Partition of India, 1947 : The Labour Government and the Empire-Commonwealth, 1945 to 1951. 26. The Trial of Jomo Kenyatta, 1953 : Churchill's Return to Power in Britain; the Conservative "Holding Operation"; Confrontations with Nationalist Movements in Egypt, Cyprus, West and East Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean -- 27. The Suez Crisis of 1956 : The Fall of the British Empire and the Rise of the Commonwealth -- and the Common Market -- 28. Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence, November 1965: Variable Winds of Change, and Wilson's Labour Government, 1964 to 1970 -- 29. The Declaration of Commonwealth Principles at Singapore, 1971 : The Commonwealth During the 1970s -- 30. The Falklands War, 1982 : The Remnants of Empire -- 31. The Inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa, May 1994 : Post-Colonialism and the Balance Sheet of Empire -- Chronology 1765-1996.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 479-500) and index.

1. Anatomy of an Empire : An Introduction -- 2. The American Revolution : The End of the First British Empire? -- 3. Australia : The First Fleet of 1788, and the Subsequent Settlements; Gold, Wool and Responsible Government -- 4. Ireland : The Union of 1800; the Agitation for Home Rule and its Partial Resolution; Problems of Identity as Both Imperial Partner and Subordinate Nation -- 5. Canada : The Rebellions of 1837; the Durham Report; Responsible Government; Settlement and Expansion; Inter-Colonial Rivalries; the 1867 Confederation -- 6. The Repeat of the Corn Laws in 1846 : The Economics of Empire -- 7. The Great Indian Uprising of 1857-58 : The British in India -- 8. The Jamaica Rebellion of 1865 : British Interests in the Caribbean and the "Nigger Question" -- 9. The Opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 : Britain in Egypt and the Sudan; Gordon at Khartoum, and Kitchener's Reconquest of the Sudan. 10. The Battle of Majuba Hill, 1881 : Bantu, Briton and Boer in South Africa; From the British Annexation of the Cape to the Convention of London 1884 -- 11. Cecil Rhodes' Legacy : Fantasy, Power and the Partition of Africa -- 12. Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1897 : The Uses and the Misuses of Empire; an Imperial Triumph, or Whistling in the Dark? Fin de Siecle and the Problems and Opportunities of Empire -- 13. The Battle of Spion Kop, 1900 : Crisis, War and Union in South Africa -- 14. The Suicide of Sir Hector MacDonald, 1903 : Sex and the British Empire -- 15. Joseph Chamberlain and the Cabinet Split of 1903 : Tariff Reform, Economic Decline and Imperial Preference -- 16. Scouting for Boys, 1908 : National Decline, Empire, Youth and Education -- 17. The Imperial Conference of 1911: The Unity and the Disunity of the Empire; Pan-Anglo-Saxonism, and the Pax Britannica. 18. The Gandhi-Smuts Agreement of January 1914: Anti-Imperialism, Resistance Movements, and "Occidentalism" versus "Orientalism" -- 19. The 1916 Easter Uprising in Ireland : Britain, the Empire and the First World War -- 20. The Amritsar Massacre of 1919 : Gandhi, the Raj and the Growth of Indian Nationalism, 1915-39 -- 21. The 1924 British Empire Wembley Exhibition : Selling and Buying the Empire-Commonwealth in the Inter-War Years -- 22. The Balfour Definition of Dominion Status, 1926 : The Empire's Constitution, Trade and Development Between the Wars -- 23. The Bodyline Tour of Australia, 1932 : Imperialism, National Identity and Sport -- 24. The Fall of Singapore, February 1942 : Britain, the Empire-Commonwealth and the Second World War -- 25. The Partition of India, 1947 : The Labour Government and the Empire-Commonwealth, 1945 to 1951. 26. The Trial of Jomo Kenyatta, 1953 : Churchill's Return to Power in Britain; the Conservative "Holding Operation"; Confrontations with Nationalist Movements in Egypt, Cyprus, West and East Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean -- 27. The Suez Crisis of 1956 : The Fall of the British Empire and the Rise of the Commonwealth -- and the Common Market -- 28. Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence, November 1965: Variable Winds of Change, and Wilson's Labour Government, 1964 to 1970 -- 29. The Declaration of Commonwealth Principles at Singapore, 1971 : The Commonwealth During the 1970s -- 30. The Falklands War, 1982 : The Remnants of Empire -- 31. The Inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa, May 1994 : Post-Colonialism and the Balance Sheet of Empire -- Chronology 1765-1996.