The Oxford history of the British Empire Vol. 4 The twentieth century / Judith M. Brown and Wm. Roger Louis, editors ; Alaine Low, associate editor

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxvi, 773 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents: Cover -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Maps -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations and Location of Manuscript Sources -- List of Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The British Empire in the Edwardian Era -- 3 A Third British Empire? The Dominion Idea in Imperial Politics -- 4 The Metropolitan Economics of Empire -- 5 The British Empire and the Great War, 1914-1918 -- 6 Ireland and the Empire-Commonwealth, 1900-1948 -- 7 Migrants and Settlers -- 8 Critics of Empire in Britain -- 9 The Popular Culture of Empire in Britain -- 10 Colonial Rule -- 11 Bureaucracy and `Trusteeship' in the Colonial Empire -- 12 `Deceptive Might': Imperial Defence and Security, 1900-1968 -- 13 The Second World War -- 14 The Dissolution of the British Empire -- 15 Imperialism and After: The Economy of the Empire on the Periphery -- 16 Gender in the British Empire -- 17 The British Empire and the Muslim World -- 18 India -- 19 Ceylon -- 20 Imperialism and Nationalism in South-East Asia -- 21 Britain's Informal Empire in the Middle East -- 22 West Africa -- 23 East Africa -- 24 Southern Africa -- 25 Canada, the North Atlantic Triangle, and the Empire -- 26 The British Caribbean from Demobilization to Constitutional Decolonization -- 27 Latin America -- 28 China -- 29 Australia, New Zealand, and the PaciWc Islands -- 30 Commonwealth Legacy -- 31 Epilogue -- Chronology. Subjects: Imperialism History; 20th Century; Colonies History.