Notes From EMPIRE: THE RISE & FALL OF THE BRITISH WORLD ORDER

released 12 apr 06 / last mod 01 jun 07 / greg goebel / public domain

* In 2002 Niall Ferguson, a Scots professor of history at New York University, published a historical work titled simply "EMPIRE" and subtitled "The Rise & Demise Of The British World Order & The Lessons For Global Power", which was apparently a companion to a BBC TV series. This document is an outline of the book, generally following Professor Ferguson's text with a few occasional diversions.

[1.0] Origins Of Empire

• [1.1] DIM BEGINNINGS
  
• [1.2] THE IMPORT BOOM
  
• [1.3] A TOEHOLD IN INDIA
  
• [1.4] A WORLD WAR
  
• [1.5] CLIVE & HASTINGS
  
• [1.6] SETTLING THE NEW WORLD
  
• [1.7] INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE
  
• [1.8] THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
  

[2.0] Bright Days Of Empire

• [2.1] THE SETTLEMENT OF AUSTRALIA / RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT
  
• [2.2] THE ABOLITIONISTS
  
• [2.3] DAVID LIVINGSTON
  
• [2.4] THE SEPOY MUTINY
  
• [2.5] LIVINGSTON'S LEGACY
  
• [2.6] VICTORIAN POWER AND INDIA
  
• [2.7] THE INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE
  
• [2.8] RACE & THE EMPIRE -- THE MORANT BAY UPRISING
  

[3.0] Afternoon Of Empire

• [3.1] RACE & THE EMPIRE -- THE WHITE MUTINY
  
• [3.2] CURZON & TORY-ENTALISM
  
• [3.3] THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA
  
• [3.4] IMPERIAL BRITAIN
  
• [3.5] THE BOER WAR
  

[4.0] Decline & Fall

• [4.1] EVENING OF THE EMPIRE
  
• [4.2] THE FIRST WORLD WAR
  
• [4.3] A PAINFUL VICTORY
  
• [4.4] REPRESSION & REVULSION
  
• [4.5] ANOTHER GLOBAL WAR
  
• [4.6] BRITAIN STANDS FAST
  
• [4.7] AMERICA JOINS THE WAR
  
• [4.8] DEFEATING THE AXIS
  
• [4.9] FALL & RISE?