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Informationen zum Autor Philippa Levine teaches history at the Universityof Southern California. A historian of empire since 1990, her publications include Prostitution, Race and Politics: Policing Venereal Disease in the British Empire(2003) and an edited collection, Gender and Empire: History of the British Empire Companion Series (2004). Klappentext This is a broad survey of the history of the British Empire from its beginnings to its demise. It offers a comprehensive analysis not just of political events and territorial conquests but paints a picture of what life was like under colonial rule, both for those who ruled and for those whose countries came under British authority. There has been a lively debate in recent years about whether empires generally are good or bad things, and the British Empire has been very much at the centre of that debate, with a number of voices arguing that it was a kinder, gentler Empire than its rivals. This book speaks specifically to that debate, and also to a second and equally vigorous debate about whether anyone in Britain actually cared about the possession of an Empire. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsList of Illustrations iList of Maps iiiPreface to 1st edition ivPreface to 2nd edition viAcknowledgements viiiPublisher’s Acknowledgements ixChapter 1: Uniting the Kingdom 1Chapter 2: Slaves, Merchants and Trade 23Chapter 3: Settling the ‘New World’ 51Chapter 4: After America 71Chapter 5: Britain in India 102Chapter 6: Global Growth 133Chapter 7: Ruling an Empire 163Chapter 8: Being Ruled 192Chapter 9: Gender and Sexuality 220Chapter 10: Contesting Empire 256Chapter 11: Decolonisation 291Chronology 331Index
