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Author:   S. Akita
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.982kg
ISBN:  

9780333993064

ISBN 10:   0333993063
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   31 October 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: From Imperial History to Global History; S.Akita PART I: BRITISH IMPERIALISM AND THE GLOBAL ORDER Gentlemanly Capitalism and the Making of a Global British Empire: Some Connections and Contexts 1688-1815; H.V.Bowen Globalism and Imperialism: The Global Context of British Power 1830-1860; J.Darwin Empire, Imperialism and the Partition of Africa; I.Phimister Gentlemanly Imperialism and the British Empire after 1945; G.Krozewski PART 2: GENTLEMANLY CAPITALISM AND INFORMAL EMPIRE IN EAST ASIA Gentlemanly and Not-so-Gentlemanly Imperialism in China before the First World War; N.P.Petersson British Imperialism and Decolonization: A Chinese Perspective; S.Zhang The International Order of Asia in the 1930s; S.Akita & N.Kagotani Reasserting Imperial Power? British and East Asia in the 1930s; Y.Kibata British Imperialism, the City of London and Global Industrialization; K.Sugihara The Peculiarities of British Capitalism: Imperialism and World Development; P.Cain & T.Hopkins

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SHIGERU AKITA is Associate Professor of British Imperial and Commonwealth History at Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Japan. His publications include 1930-nendai Ajia Kokasai-Chitujyo (International Order of Asia in the 1930s), co-edited with N.Kagotani.

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