Gentlemanly Capitalism, Imperialism and Global History

Introduction: From Imperial History to Global History; S.Akita PART I: BRITISH IMPERIALISM AND THE GLOBAL ORDER Gentlemanly Capitalism and the Making of a Global British Empire: Some Connections and Contexts 1688-1815; H.V.Bowen Globalism and Imperialism: The Global Context of British Power 1830-1860; J.Darwin Empire, Imperialism and the Partition of Africa; I.Phimister Gentlemanly Imperialism and the British Empire after 1945; G.Krozewski PART 2: GENTLEMANLY CAPITALISM AND INFORMAL EMPIRE IN EAST ASIA Gentlemanly and Not-so-Gentlemanly Imperialism in China before the First World War; N.P.Petersson British Imperialism and Decolonization: A Chinese Perspective; S.Zhang The International Order of Asia in the 1930s; S.Akita & N.Kagotani Reasserting Imperial Power? British and East Asia in the 1930s; Y.Kibata British Imperialism, the City of London and Global Industrialization; K.Sugihara The Peculiarities of British Capitalism: Imperialism and World Development; P.Cain & T.Hopkins