Britain's Oceanic Empire (eBook, ePUB)

Atlantic and Indian Ocean Worlds, c.1550-1850
Redaktion: Bowen, H. V.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This pioneering comparative study of British imperialism in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds draws on the perspectives of British newcomers overseas and their native hosts, metropolitan officials and corporate enterprises, migrants and settlers. Leading scholars examine the divergences and commonalities in the legal and economic regimes that allowed Britain to project imperium across the globe. They explore the nature of sovereignty and law, governance and regulation, diplomacy, military relations and commerce, shedding new light on the processes of expansion that influenced the making of empire. While acknowledging the distinctions and divergences in imperial endeavours in Asia and the Americas - not least in terms of the size of indigenous populations, technical and cultural differences, and approaches to indigenous polities - this book argues that these differences must be seen in the context of what Britons overseas shared, including constitutional principles, claims of sovereignty, disciplinary regimes and military attitudes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139508230
• Artikelnr.: 52956691

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Britain's oceanic empire H. V. Bowen, Elizabeth Mancke and
John G. Reid; Part I. The Oceans: 2. Geographies of the British Atlantic
world Stephen J. Hornsby; 3. Britain in the Indian Ocean region and beyond:
contours, connections, and the creation of a global maritime empire H. V.
Bowen; Part II. Sovereignty, Law, and Governance: 4. Imperial
constitutions: sovereignty and law in the British Atlantic Ken MacMillan;
5. Constitutions, contact zones, and imperial ricochets: sovereignty and
law in British Asia Robert Travers; 6. Company, state, and empire:
governance and regulatory frameworks in Asia Philip J. Stern; 7. The
oriental Atlantic: governance and regulatory frameworks in the British
Atlantic world Jerry Bannister; Part III. Diplomatic and Military
Relations: 8. Subjects, clients, allies or mercenaries? The British use of
Irish and Amerindian military power, 1500-1800 Wayne E. Lee; 9. Diplomacy
between Britons and Native Americans, c.1600-1830 Eric Hinderaker; 10.
Diplomacy in India, 1526-1858 Michael H. Fisher; 11. Army discipline,
military cultures, and state formation in colonial India, 1780-1860 Douglas
M. Peers; Part IV. Commercial and Social Relations: 12. Seths and sahibs:
negotiated relationships between indigenous capital and the East India
Company Lakshmi Subramanian; 13. The commercial economy of eastern India
under early British rule Rajat Datta; 14. Anglo-Amerindian commercial
relations Paul Grant-Costa and Elizabeth Mancke; 15. Placing British
settlement in the Americas in comparative perspective Trevor Burnard; 16.
Britain's oceanic empire: an afterword H. V. Bowen, Elizabeth Mancke and
John G. Reid.