… British imperialism in three parts. The first section, Chapters 1–4, will highlight the definitions
of imperialism, the nature of British imperialist … the notion of ‘New Imperialism’. The second …

… the causes of British imperialism. Our first jointly written essay on this subject appeared in
1980; two further articles were published in 1986 and 1987; British Imperialism, in its original …

… Covering Britain’s formal empire and informal influence and taking a broad … post-imperial
Britain today, British Imperialism: 1688–2015 is an essential text for all students of imperial and …

I THE IMPERIAL QUESTION REDEFINED In 1914 the government of a small kingdom located
on the edge of continental Europe (sustaining some forty-five million subjects on a land …

… of British Imperialism has been the subject of much recent research. In this short essay Tony
Hopkins sets out a new interpretation of the changing forms of Britain's imperial supremacy …

… of imperial experience and that they should, therefore, drive narratives of the modern British
imperial past… in order to understand how regimes of imperial security worked in practice. This …

The following pages trace the origins and development of that idea and describe the way in
which it dominated British policy in the later years of the century. The evolving course of …

… His numerous publications in the fields of imperial and African history include An Economic
History of West Africa (1973) as well as the two volumes on British Imperialism discussed in …

… Britain also achieved a temporary pre-eminence as 'the workshop of the world'. To what extent
was its imperial … of manufacturing as a force behind British imperialism are provided by the …

… reflects the imperialists' arrogant belief that only British (or … was instead a world of "resurgent
imperialism, nationalism and the so-… There was little doubt that the cost of maintaining British …