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Introduction : the project of an empire
Part 1, Towards 'the sceptre of the world' : the elements of empire in the long nineteenth century
1, Victorian origins
2, The octopus power
3, The commercial republic
4, The Britannic experiment
5, 'Un-British rule' in 'Anglo-India'
6, The weakest link : Britain in South Africa
7, The Edwardian transition
Part 2, 'The great liner is sinking' : the British world-system in the age of war
8, The war for empire, 1914-1919
9, Making imperial peace, 1919-1926
10, Holding the centre, 1927-1937
11, The strategic abyss, 1937-1942
12, The price of survival, 1943-1951
13, The third world power, 1951-1959
14, Reluctant retreat, 1959-1968
Conclusion
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