Direction and Purpose in British Imperial Policy, 1783–1801
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8955715 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D L Mackay (Victoria University of Wellington, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 487-501 |
| Publication date | 1974-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x00005264 |
| OpenAlex | W2112993861 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 12 |
Since the publication in 1952 of the first volume of V. T. Harlow's The Founding of the Second British Empire 1763–1793 , the debate on the nature and concept of empire in the twenty years after the American war of independence has focused on the questions of motivation and direction in imperial expansion. Harlow himself established the terms of the debate. The hiatus which traditional historiography had established in colonial affairs as a consequence of American independence, was swept away to be replaced with a set of themes appropriate to an empire which was undergoing continuous change after the Seven Years War. Two of these diemes in particular have caught the imagination of historians. As trouble and disenchantment spread in the colonies across the Atlantic, there was a marked swing in imperial direction towards die east – to Asia and the Pacific – where the second empire was to have its core. But the change was not only one of direction. The new empire reflected a revulsion against colonization and a clear preference for trade over dominion
Ancient history · Archaeology · British Empire · Colonialism · Decolonization · Disenchantment · Dominion · Empire · Historiography · Independence (probability theory · Political science · Politics · Australian History and Society · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law
Capitalism and Abolition
The Isle of Man and Britain’s Eighteenth-Century Empire
The Botany Bay decision
Far‐flung empire
The ‘Wicked Machinery of Government
Unifying Themes in the History of British India, 1757-1857
Neo-Mercantilism and The Wealth of Nations
Convict Settlers, Seamen's Greens, and Imperial Designs at Port Jackson
Gentlemanly Capitalism and British Expansion Overseas I. The Old Colonial System, 1688-1850
The founding of the Second British Empire, 1763-1793.
Britain after the Glorious Revolution 1689–1714
Economic Growth of Australia, 1788 to 1821
The Rise of Free Trade Imperialism
Australia's place in ‘the swing to the east’, 1788–1810
British Colonial Government after the American Revolution
The First and Second British Empires
British Imperial Expansion in the Late Eighteenth Century
Economic Growth of Australia
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 1981 - 2026 (46) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |