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From Colonialism to Independence:
​The British Empire 1857 - 1965


An online resource portal with teaching materials for option Y320, OCR A-Level GCE History A (H505)
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Buildings inside Rinpung Dzong. PP MS 19/6/BHUTAN/00029 (SOAS manuscript number). Photograph: Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. © Nicholas Haimendorf.

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Depth Studies

British India: The War of 1857 and its consequences to 1876
Palestine 1914-1948

Nationalism in Kenya 1945-1965
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​Images (upper row, L to R):
John Ward, Our Sudan its pyramids and progress, 1905. 
ER0960/462794 (SOAS classmark), SOAS Library. 
South African Vigilance Committee, "Liberty!" versus liberty some remarks on a South African petition. Cape Town: South African Vigilance Committee, 1900. EM1543/201757(SOAS classmark), SOAS Library.
 
​Kâtip Çelebi. Map of the British Isles, c 1850-1900
. MS 139868 (SOAS manuscript number), SOAS Library. 
George E. Cormack, Romanov Tercentenary Parade: military columns (distance) formed in front of the G. P. Rofast (Г.П. Рофастъ) Mechanical Gymnasium, 1913. MS 380660/02 (soas manuscript number), SOAS Library. © SOAS University of London.
Images  (lower row, L to R):
James Baillie Fraser, View of Esplanade Row, from the Chouringhee Road, 1826. 
13690 (SOAS art account number), SOAS Library. 
David Roberts, Askelon. 1841, SOAS Library. 
Muhammad Kijumwa, Utenzi wa Ndiwa na Kozi [MS 45022c]. MS 45022 (SOAS manuscript number); MS 45022c (SOAS manuscript number), SOAS Library. © SOAS University of London.

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The British Empire (Y320)

​Key Topics

Governance and administration
Opposition
Periphery and Britain
Impact on international relation
​​Depth studies
​British India
Palestine
Kenya

Cold War in Asia

Key Topics
Western Policies
The Korean War
Indochina
​Wars in Vietnam and Cambodia
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  • Home
  • About
  • The British Empire
    • Key Topics >
      • The governance and administration of the Empire
      • Opposition to British Rule
      • The impact of imperial power on the periphery and Britain
      • The British Empire and its impact on International Relations
    • Depth Studies >
      • British India: The War of 1857 and its consequences to 1876
      • Palestine 1914-1948
      • Nationalism in Kenya 1945 - 1965
  • Cold War in Asia
    • Western Policies in Post War Asia
    • The Korean War
    • Indochina
    • Vietnam and Cambodia
  • Contact