The Making and Unmaking of Empires: Britain, India, and America C.1750-1783Oxford University Press, 2005 - 398 pages In The Making and Unmaking of Empires P. J. Marshall, distinguished author of numerous books on the British Empire and former Rhodes Professor of Imperial History, provides a unified interpretation of British imperial history in the later eighteenth century. He brings together into a commonfocus Britain's loss of empire in North America and the winning of territorial dominion in parts of India and argues that these developments were part of a single phase of Britain's imperial history, rather than marking the closing of a 'first' Atlantic empire and the rise of a 'second' eastern one.In both India and North America Britain pursued similar objectives in this period. Fearful of the apparent enmity of France, Britain sought to secure the interests overseas which were thought to contribute so much to her wealth and power. This involved imposing a greater degree of control overcolonies in America and over the East India Company and its new possessions in India. Aspirations to greater control also reflected an increasing confidence in Britain's capacity to regulate the affairs of subject peoples, especially through parliament.If British objectives throughout the world were generally similar, whether they could be achieved depended on the support or at least acquiescence of those they tried to rule. Much of this book is concerned with bringing together the findings of the rich historical writing on both post-Mughal Indiaand late colonial America to assess the strengths and weaknesses of empire in different parts of the world. In North America potential allies who were closely linked to Britain in beliefs, culture and economic interest were ultimately alienated by Britain's political pretensions. Empire wasextremely fragile in two out of the three main Indian settlements. In Bengal, however, the British achieved a modus vivendi with important groups which enabled them to build a secure base for the future subjugation of the subcontinent.With the authority of one who has made the study of empire his life's work, Marshall provides a valuable resource for scholar and student alike. |
Table des matières
British Worldwide Expansion | 13 |
State and Empire | 57 |
War and its Transformations The Atlantic 17541763 | 86 |
War and its Transformations India 17541765 | 119 |
Ideas of Empire 17631776 The Old Empire | 158 |
Ideas of Empire 17631776 The New Empire | 182 |
The Making of Empire I India New Imperial Structures 17651783 | 207 |
The Making of Empire II India Madras Bombay and Bengal 17651778 | 229 |
The Unmaking of Empire I North America 17631768 | 273 |
The Unmaking of Empire II North America 17681775 | 311 |
War and its Resolutions 17751783 | 353 |
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