| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 357 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The Oxford history of the British Empire. Companion series |
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Oxford history of the British Empire companion series.
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| Contents |
Introduction : Britains and Britons over the seas / Robert Bickers -- The British of Argentina / David Rock -- Expatriates in cosmopolitan Egypt : 1864-1956 / James Whidden -- Kenya : home county and African frontier / John Lonsdale -- Rhodesia 1890-1980 : 'The lost dominion' / Donal Lowry -- 'The last outpost' : the Natalians, South Africa, and the British Empire / John Lambert -- Avatars of identity : the British community in India / David Washbrook -- 'Permanent boarders' : the British in Ceylon, 1815-1960 / Margaret Jones -- The British 'Malayans' / Tim Harper -- Shanghailanders and others : British communities in China, 1843-1957 / Robert Bickers -- 'We don't grow coffee and bananas in Clapham Junction you know!' : Imperial Britons back home / Elizabeth Buettner -- Orphans of empire / John Darwin |
| Summary |
This title explores the experience of Britons in the colonial world outside the Dominions through a series of case studies of different communities spread across the world of British power |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
British -- Foreign countries -- History
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Colonists -- History
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British -- Foreign countries
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British colonies
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Colonists
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Emigration and immigration
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056645
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Great Britain -- Emigration and immigration -- History
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bickers, Robert A
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| ISBN |
9780199297672 |
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0199297673 |
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9780198703372 |
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0198703376 |
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9780191594335 |
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0191594334 |
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