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Title Britain's oceanic empire : Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds, c. 1550-1850 / edited by H.V. Bowen, Elizabeth Mancke, and John G. Reid
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 464 pages) : maps
Contents 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
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Essays presented at a symposium held at the University of Sussex, July 2007
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Imperialism.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
HISTORY -- World.
British colonies
Diplomatic relations
Imperialism
Seemacht
Kolonialismus
Imperialismus
Imperialismus.
Seemacht.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056645
Great Britain -- Foreign relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056684
Subject Great Britain
Großbritannien
Außereuropäische Länder
Großbritannien.
Großbritannien.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Bowen, H. V., editor.
Mancke, Elizabeth, 1954- editor.
Reid, John G., 1948- editor.
LC no. 2012013675
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