British world-system

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The British world-system refers to the global network of political, economic, and cultural power centered on the British Empire that structured international relations and trade from the nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf global power structure ⓘ
historical world-system ⓘ
international economic order ⓘ
basedOn British naval supremacy ⓘ
imperial trade networks ⓘ
industrial capitalism ⓘ
centeredOn British Empire ⓘ
declinedAfter World War I ⓘ
furtherDeclinedAfter World War II ⓘ
hadCoreRegion British Isles ⓘ
hadPeriphery African colonies ⓘ
Asian colonies ⓘ
Caribbean colonies ⓘ
Middle Eastern protectorates ⓘ
hadSemiPeriphery Dominions ⓘ
white settler colonies ⓘ
hasCorePower United Kingdom ⓘ
hasDimension cultural power ⓘ
economic power ⓘ
political power ⓘ
hasTemporalExtent 19th century ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ
mid-20th century ⓘ
influenced colonial legal systems ⓘ
diffusion of British institutions ⓘ
global commodity chains ⓘ
global cultural flows ⓘ
global financial system ⓘ
international law ⓘ
patterns of migration ⓘ
spread of English language ⓘ
isDiscussedIn imperial history ⓘ
international political economy ⓘ
world-systems theory ⓘ
reliedOn colonial extraction of raw materials ⓘ
control of sea lanes ⓘ
export of manufactured goods ⓘ
imperial tariff policies ⓘ
informal empire ⓘ
unequal treaties ⓘ
structured colonial administration ⓘ
global trade ⓘ
imperial governance ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
usedInstrument British merchant marine ⓘ
London financial markets ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
colonial chartered companies ⓘ
imperial preference system ⓘ
sterling area ⓘ
linked to: Sterling area
wasChallengedBy rise of Soviet Union ⓘ
rise of United States ⓘ
wasReplacedBy American-centered world-system ⓘ

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