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The governance and administration of the Empire

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The Empire in 1857
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The Empire in 1857
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Growth and governance
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Explanations for the growth of the British Empire: formal and informal Empire (including New Imperialism c.1875–1914 and the imperialism of free trade); forms of governance; security and coercion; trusteeship; ‘men on the spot’; collaboration and indigenous elites; negotiation
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Economic explanation
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Economic explanations (overseas investment, crisis of capitalism, gentlemanly capitalism)
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Imperial rivalry
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The use of technology
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Berlin Conference (1884–1885); imperial rivalry, metropolitan influence
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The use of technology
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John C. Oswald, Foochow Cargo boat, [1880s].
MS 380876/01/042 (CALM Reference (SOAS manuscript number)), SOAS Library. © SOAS University of London.
John Ward, Our Sudan its pyramids and progress, 1905. ER0960/462794 (SOAS classmark), SOAS Library. 
Department of Overseas Trade, Great Britain, Economic conditions in the Philippine Islands, 1927-1930, 1930. HB330/849885(SOAS classmark), SOAS Library.

Images (lower row, L to R):
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.
John Charles Oswald, Victoria [at Port Said, Egypt]​, [1890-1900].
MS 380876/02/003 (CALM Reference (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