Tento historik se zaměřuje na historii evropského imperialismu a Britského impéria v letech 1880–1970. Jeho práce se hluboce zabývá historií a politikou dekolonizace. Svým výzkumem přispívá k pochopení složitých procesů, které formovaly moderní svět. Jeho perspektiva z Oxfordské univerzity nabízí cenný vhled do této klíčové éry.
A poetic journey from the mills and moors of the industrial north to the meals and mosques of the Byzantine middle-east and back again. I Meet Myself Returning is about finding your feet in our convoluted world and letting them take you to a place to call your own. And occasionally stopping off for a pint.
Presented chronologically, this study focuses on the post war break-up of the British Empire which began with the abandonment of the Raj in India and the eventual entry into the European Community. The author examines the significance and the reasons behind this imperial retreat.
From the acclaimed historian of global empire, the dramatic story of how steam power reshaped our cities and our seas, and forged a new world order Steam power transformed our world, initiating the complex, resource-devouring industrial system the consequences of which we live with today. It revolutionized work and production, but also the ease and cost of movement over land and water. The result was to throw open vast areas of the world to the rampaging expansion of Europeans and Americans on a scale previously unimaginable. Unlocking the World is the captivating history of the great port cities which emerged as the bridgeheads of this new steam-driven economy, reshaping not just the trade and industry of the regions around them but their culture and politics as well. They were the agents of what we now call 'globalization', but their impact and influence, and the reactions they provoked, were far from predictable. Nor were they immune to the great upheavals in world politics across the 'steam century'. This book is global history at its very best. Packed with fascinating case histories (from New Orleans to Montreal, Bombay to Singapore, Calcutta to Shanghai), individual stories and original ideas, Darwin's book allows us, for better or worse, to see the modern age taking shape. 'A fine, important and original book ... wonderful' Paul Kennedy, Literary Review
A both controversial and comprehensive historical analysis of how the British Empire worked, from Wolfson Prize-winning author and historian John Darwin The British Empire shaped the world in countless ways: repopulating continents, carving out nations, imposing its own language, technology and values. For perhaps two centuries its expansion and final collapse were the single largest determinant of historical events, and it remains surrounded by myth, misconception and controversy today. John Darwin's provocative and richly enjoyable book shows how diverse, contradictory and in many ways chaotic the British Empire really was, controlled by interests that were often at loggerheads, and as much driven on by others' weaknesses as by its own strength.
"First published in the United Kindom by Penguin Books Ltd. in 2007"--T.p. verso.
The dramatic story of how steam power reshaped our cities and our seas, and forged a new world order Steam power transformed our world, initiating the complex, resource-devouring industrial system the consequences of which we live with today. It revolutionized work and production, but also the ease and cost of movement over land and water. The result was to throw open vast areas of the world to the rampaging expansion of Europeans and Americans on a scale previously unimaginable. Unlocking the World is the captivating history of the great port cities which emerged as the bridgeheads of this new steam-driven economy, reshaping not just the trade and industry of the regions around them but their culture and politics as well. They were the agents of what we now call 'globalization', but their impact and influence, and the reactions they provoked, were far from predictable. Nor were they immune to the great upheavals in world politics across the 'steam century'. This book is global history at its very best. Packed with fascinating case histories (from New Orleans to Montreal, Bombay to Singapore, Calcutta to Shanghai), individual stories and original ideas, Darwin's book allows us, for better or worse, to see the modern age taking shape.
Tamerlane, the Ottomans, the Mughals, the Manchus, the British, the Soviets, the Japanese and the Nazis. All built empires they hoped would last forever: all were destined to fail. But, as John Darwin shows in his magnificent book, their empire building created the world we know today. From the... číst celé
A magisterial global history of the rise and fall of the British Empire by an award-winning author.
From the provincial peccadilloes of Prestwich in Manchester to coffee houses and bars by the Bosporus in Istanbul, John Darwin explores life's three stages of arriving, staying for a bit, and then leaving. A poetic reflection on the ennui of the everyday, intermittent pleasures, and the quest to understand love and belonging.
Aufstieg und Niedergang des Britischen Empire 1600–1997
Englische Piraten in der Karibik, »Rotröcke« in den nordamerikanischen Kolonien, reiche Nabobs in Indien, fromme Missionare in Afrika, ans Ende der Welt verbannte Sträflinge in Australien, Marinesoldaten auf den Schiffen der Royal Navy – auch auf ihren Schultern ruhte das Weltreich, das Großbritannien ab dem 17. Jahrhundert im Dienste Ihrer Majestät errichtete. Auf seinem Höhepunkt um 1900 umfasste dieses riesige Gebilde ein Viertel der Menschen und der Landmasse der Erde. Doch wie gelang es den Briten überhaupt, ihr Empire aufzubauen? Wie beherrschten und verteidigten sie es fast 400 Jahre lang? Warum zerbrach es ausgerechnet im 20. Jahrhundert? Und was können andere Imperien daraus lernen? Der Oxforder Historiker John Darwin, einer der besten Kenner der Geschichte des British Empire, zeigt in diesem Standardwerk, warum sich dieses Weltreich so weit ausdehnen und so lange halten konnte – organisierte Gewalt, so seine These, habe zur Herausbildung einer Identität und zu dessen »Erfolgsgeschichte« wesentlich beigetragen.