Volume III covers the long watershed of the nineteenth century, from the American independence of the 1780s to the eve of world war in 1914. This period saw Britain's greatest expansion as an empire-builder and a dominant world power. We begin with several thematic chapters--some are on Britain while others consider the empire's periphery--exploring the key dynamics of British expansion that made imperial influence possible and imperial rule prevalent. The volume also studies the economic, cultural, and institutional frameworksthat shaped Britain's overseas empire. Focus then shifts to the principal areas of imperial activity overseas, including both white-settler and tropical colonies, and the question of how British interests and imperial rule shaped the political, social, and economic histories of individual regions.The themes include economics, institutions, defense, technology, imperial and colonial cultures, science, and exploration. The volume examines not only the formal empire, stretching from Australasia and the West Indies to India and the African colonies, but also China and Latin America, which werethe central components of Britain's "informal" empire. About the Series: The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. It deals with the interaction of British and non-western societies from the Elizabethan era to the late twentieth century, providesa balanced treatment of the ruled as well as the rulers, and takes into account the significance of the Empire for the peoples of the British Isles. All five of the volumes in thisseries fully explore economic and social as well as political trends. This volume, the third of five, covers the long 19th century, from the achievement of American independence in the 1780s to the eve of world war in 1914. This was the period of Britain's greatest expansion as both empire-builder and dominant world power. List of Maps xv List of Figures xvi List of Tables xvii Abbreviations and Location of Manuscript Sources xviii List of Contributors xix Introduction: Britain and the Empire in the Nineteenth Century 1(30) Andrew Porter PART I Economics and Empire: The Metropolitan Context 31(22) P. J. Cain Economics and Empire: The Periphery and the Imperial Economy 53(22) B. R. Tomlinson British Migration and the Peopling of the Empire 75(13) Marjory Harper Migration from Africa, Asia, and the South Pacific 88(13) David Northrup British Policy, Trade, and Informal Empire in the Mid-Nineteenth Century 101(21) Martin Lynn Britain and Latin America 122(24) Alan Knight Britain and China, 1842--1914 146(24) Jurgen Osterhammel Imperial Institutions and the Government of Empire 170(28) Peter Burroughs Trusteeship, Anti-Slavery, and Humanitarianism 198(24) Andrew Porter Religion, Missionary Enthusiasm, and Empire 222(25) Andrew Porter British Expansion, Empire, and Technological Change 247(23) Robert Kubicek Empire and Metropolitan Cultures 270(24) John M. MacKenzie Scientific Exploration and Empire 294(26) Robert A. Stafford Defence and Imperial Disunity 320(26) Peter Burroughs The Political Economy of Empire, 1880--1914 346(25) E. H. H. Green PART II British Expansion and Rule in South-East Asia 371(24) A. J. Stockwell India, 1818--1860: The Two Faces of Colonialism 395(27) D. A. Washbrook Imperial India, 1858--1914 422(25) Robin J. Moore The Evolution of Colonial Cultures: Nineteenth-Century Asia 447(23) Susan Bayly The British West Indies 470(25) Gad Heuman Ireland and the Empire 495(27) David Fitzpatrick Canada from 1815 522(24) Ged Martin Australia and the Western Pacific 546(27) Donald Denoon Marivic Wyndham Southern Islands: New Zealand and Polynesia 573(24) Raewyn Dalziel Southern Africa, 1795--1910 597(27) Christopher Saunders Iain R. Smith Great Britain and the Partition of Africa, 1870--1914 624(27) Colin Newbury The British Occupation of Egypt from 1882 651 Afaf Lutfi al-Sayyid-Marsot Cultural Encounters: Britain and Africa in the Nineteenth Century 644(46) T. C. McCaskie Costs and Benefits, Prosperity and Security, 1870--1914 690(22) Avner Offer Chronology 712(31) Index 743