The Making and Unmaking of Empires
Britain, India, and America c.1750-1783
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Product details:
- Edition number New ed
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 27 September 2007
- ISBN 9780199226665
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages408 pages
- Size 234x156x21 mm
- Weight 612 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 2 maps 0
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Short description:
In The Making and Unmaking of Empires P. J. Marshall deals with a crucial period in the history of the British empire in trying to explain how the British at the same time lost an empire in North America, while winning one in parts of India. He shows that British objectives were much the same all over the world and examines the conditions in America that frustrated these objectives and those in India that facilitated them.
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In The Making and Unmaking of Empires P. J. Marshall, distinguished author of numerous books on the British Empire and former Rhodes Professor of Imperial History, provides a unified interpretation of British imperial history in the later eighteenth century. He brings together into a common focus Britain's loss of empire in North America and the winning of territorial dominion in parts of India and argues that these developments were part of a single phase of Britain's imperial history, rather than marking the closing of a 'first' Atlantic empire and the rise of a 'second' eastern one.
In both India and North America Britain pursued similar objectives in this period. Fearful of the apparent enmity of France, Britain sought to secure the interests overseas which were thought to contribute so much to her wealth and power. This involved imposing a greater degree of control over colonies in America and over the East India Company and its new possessions in India. Aspirations to greater control also reflected an increasing confidence in Britain's capacity to regulate the affairs of subject peoples, especially through parliament.
If British objectives throughout the world were generally similar, whether they could be achieved depended on the support or at least acquiescence of those they tried to rule. Much of this book is concerned with bringing together the findings of the rich historical writing on both post-Mughal India and late colonial America to assess the strengths and weaknesses of empire in different parts of the world. In North America potential allies who were closely linked to Britain in beliefs, culture and economic interest were ultimately alienated by Britain's political pretensions. Empire was extremely fragile in two out of the three main Indian settlements. In Bengal, however, the British achieved a modus vivendi with important groups which enabled them to build a secure base for the future subjugation of the subcontinent.
Review from previous edition P.J. Marshall stands pre-eminent ... The Making and Unmaking of Empires is the fruit of a life's work.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
British World-Wide Expansion
State and Empire
War and its Transformations: The Atlantic 1754-1763
War and its Transformations: India 1754-1765
Ideas of Empire 1763-1776: The 'Old' Empire
Ideas of Empire 1763-1776: The 'New' Empire
The Making of Empire, I: India, New Imperial Structures
The Making of Empire, II: India, Madras, Bombay, and Bengal
The Unmaking of Empire, I: North America 1763-1768
The Unmaking of Empire, II: North America 1768-1775
War and its Resolutions 1775-1783
Bibliography
Index
