Alan Lester is Professor of Historical Geography at the University of Sussex and Professor of History at La Trobe University. He is the author of Imperial Networks: Creating Identities in Nineteenth-Century South Africa and Britain (2001) and the co-author of Colonization and the Origins of Humanitarian Governance: Protecting Aborigines Across the Nineteenth-Century British Empire (2014).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction Part I. 1838: The Year of Freedom: 1. Setting the scene for emancipation 2. Managing expectations 3. Political freedom 4. Settler liberties 5. Free trade, famine and invasion 6. Steam and opium Conclusion to Part I: An empire of freedom? Part II. 1857: The Year of Civilization: 7. Setting the scene: Hubris and crisis 8. 'A struggle of life and death' 9. A new imperial government Conclusion to Part II: An empire of civilization? Part III. 1879: The Year of Liberalism: 10. Liberal fathers and sons 11. Imperialism 12. Imperial wars and their aftermaths Conclusion to Part III: A liberal empire? Appendix. Cast of characters.
Introduction Part I. 1838: The Year of Freedom: 1. Setting the scene for emancipation 2. Managing expectations 3. Political freedom 4. Settler liberties 5. Free trade, famine and invasion 6. Steam and opium Conclusion to Part I: An empire of freedom? Part II. 1857: The Year of Civilization: 7. Setting the scene: Hubris and crisis 8. 'A struggle of life and death' 9. A new imperial government Conclusion to Part II: An empire of civilization? Part III. 1879: The Year of Liberalism: 10. Liberal fathers and sons 11. Imperialism 12. Imperial wars and their aftermaths Conclusion to Part III: A liberal empire? Appendix. Cast of characters.
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