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British Imperial Strategies in the Pacific, 1750-1900 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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British Imperial Strategies in the Pacific, 1750-1900 (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: The Pacific World: Lands, Peoples and History of the Pacific, 1500-1900
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The focus of this volume is Britain's trans-Pacific empire. This
began with haphazard challenges to Spanish dominion, but by the end
of the 18th century, the British had established a colony in
Australia and had gone to the brink of war with Spain to establish
trading rights in the north Pacific. These rights led to formal
colonies in Vancouver Island and British Columbia, when Britain
sought to maintain a north Pacific presence despite American
expansionism. In the later 19th century the international 'scramble
for the Pacific' resulted in new British colonies and protectorates
in the Pacific islands. The result was a complex imperial presence,
created from a variety of motives and circumstances. The essays
selected here take account of the wide range of economic, political
and cultural factors which prompted British expansion, creating
tension in Britain's imperial identity in the Pacific, and leaving
Pacific peoples with a complicated and challenging legacy. Along
with the important new introduction, they provide a basis for the
reassessment of British imperialism in the Pacific region.
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