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6 de may. de 2024 · The British Empire had an enormous impact on world history. The United Kingdom had about 120 colonies throughout its history , the most colonies in the world, the French colonial empire came second, which had about 80 colonies. [2]
Hace 4 días · The history of the breakdown of the Empire has attracted scholars of the histories of the United States ( which broke away in 1776 ), the British Raj (dissolved in 1947), and the African colonies (independent in the 1960s). John Darwin (2013) identifies four imperial goals: colonising, civilising, converting, and commerce. [1]
8 de may. de 2024 · A journey into Britain’s murky colonial hinterland. Show articles. History books. Add to myFT. A journey into Britain’s murky colonial hinterland. Corinne Fowler’s exploration of...
Hace 2 días · Covering the history of the various territories under British colonial governance from 1624 to 1870, this includes administrative documentation, trade and shipping records, minutes of council meetings, and details of plantation life, colonial settlement, imperial rivalries across the region, and the growing concern of absentee landlords.
21 de abr. de 2024 · Interview. ‘I’m not afraid of anybody now’: the woman who revealed links between National Trust houses and slavery – and was vilified. Tim Adams. Prof Corinne Fowler’s report into colonial...
2 de may. de 2024 · Similarly, although the ‘colonial state’ enjoyed a starring moment in imperial and colonial historiography a couple of decades ago, the British state – while like ideology clearly an essential presence in much writing about British imperialism – has, as Andrew Thompson argues, been surprisingly neglected by historians of ...
Hace 6 días · She notes the privileging of British migrants (in particular British women) over their European counterparts and the colonial desire for a particular ‘sort’ of immigrant who met the classed and racialised aspirations of the new nation.
