The Making and Unmaking of Empires
Britain, India, and America c.1750-1783
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9335142 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P J Marshall (0000-0003-1534-0764, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Pages | 400 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-27 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The Making and Unmaking of Empires (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199226665.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W2498406090 |
| ISBN | 9780199226665 |
| Open Library | OL9431232M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
The loss of the greater part of the British Empire in North America, along with the independence of the former thirteen colonies and the creation of a new British territorial empire in eastern India, are conventionally interpreted as unconnected events. American independence has long been seen as marking the end of a 'first', largely trading, Atlantic empire of white settlement, while the extension of British rule over Bengal signalled the creation of a new 'second' empire of rule over non-European peoples that was to spread over India and into south-east Asia and Africa during the nineteenth century. This book contests that view, arguing that both losses in America and gains in India were part of a single phase of British imperial history in the later eighteenth century. In the face of worldwide competition from France, Britain sought to consolidate her imperial possessions and maximise their contribution to her wealth and security. Policies directed to these ends seemed to threaten the autonomy of the elites in British America and drove them to resistance, for which they were able to win widespread popular support. By contrast, in Bengal in particular, the British were able to achieve accommodations with landowning and commercial interests in India, which enabled their empire to survive and later to grow
Ancient history · Archaeology · Autonomy · BENGAL · British Empire · Colonialism · Competition (biology · Economic history · Economics · Empire · Geography · Imperial unit system · Independence (probability theory · Political economy · Political science · Settlement (finance · Sociology · Australian History and Society · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law · 18th century · America · American history: c 1500 to c 1800 · Asia - India & South Asia · Asian · British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900 · British empire · c 1700 to c 1800 · Colonies · Europe - Great Britain - General · Great britain · History - General History · History: World · India · Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900 · North america · North American
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| Citations per year | 0.89 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |