Britain's Oceanic Empire

Atlantic and Indian Ocean Worlds, C.1550 1850

By: H. V. Bowen (Editor), Elizabeth Mancke (Editor), John G. Reid (Editor)

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Hardcover | 31 May 2012 | Edition Number 1

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This pioneering comparative study of British imperialism in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds draws on the perspectives of British newcomers overseas and their native hosts, metropolitan officials and corporate enterprises, migrants and settlers. Leading scholars examine the divergences and commonalities in the legal and economic regimes that allowed Britain to project imperium across the globe. They explore the nature of sovereignty and law, governance and regulation, diplomacy, military relations and commerce, shedding new light on the processes of expansion that influenced the making of empire. While acknowledging the distinctions and divergences in imperial endeavours in Asia and the Americas - not least in terms of the size of indigenous populations, technical and cultural differences, and approaches to indigenous polities - this book argues that these differences must be seen in the context of what Britons overseas shared, including constitutional principles, claims of sovereignty, disciplinary regimes and military attitudes.

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'Britain's Oceanic Empire is an informative and engaging book ... A variety of contributors to Britain's Oceanic Empire address early modern British colonialism in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans insightfully.' Matthew A. Cook, Journal of British Studies

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Introduction: Britain's oceanic empire
The Oceans
Geographies of the British Atlantic world
Britain in the Indian Ocean region and beyond: contours, connections, and the creation of a global maritime empire
Sovereignty, Law, and Governance
Imperial constitutions: sovereignty and law in the British Atlantic
Constitutions, contact zones, and imperial ricochets: sovereignty and law in British Asia
Company, state, and empire: governance and regulatory frameworks in Asia
The oriental Atlantic: governance and regulatory frameworks in the British Atlantic world
Diplomatic and Military Relations
Subjects, clients, allies or mercenaries? The British use of Irish and Amerindian military power, 1500-1800
Diplomacy between Britons and Native Americans, c.1600-1830
Diplomacy in India, 1526-1858
Army discipline, military cultures, and state formation in colonial India, 1780-1860
Commercial and Social Relations
Seths and sahibs: negotiated relationships between indigenous capital and the East India Company
The commercial economy of eastern India under early British rule
Anglo-Amerindian commercial relations
Placing British settlement in the Americas in comparative perspective Trevor Burnard
Britain's oceanic empire: an afterword
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