The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970

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history book non-fiction book scholarly monograph

The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970 is a major historical study by John Darwin that analyzes the development, global reach, and eventual decline of the British Empire in the modern era.

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The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970 canonical	2

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Target entity: The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970
Context triple: [John Darwin, notableWork, The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970]

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B. The American Empire Project
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C. The Age of Revolution
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G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970
Target entity description: The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970 is a major historical study by John Darwin that analyzes the development, global reach, and eventual decline of the British Empire in the modern era.

A. After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy
After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy is a seminal work of neoliberal institutionalist theory in international relations that explains how states achieve cooperation through international institutions even in the absence of a dominant hegemonic power.
B. The American Empire Project
The American Empire Project is a book series that critically examines U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and global dominance from a left-leaning, often anti-imperialist perspective.
C. The Age of Revolution
The Age of Revolution is a historical volume by Winston Churchill that chronicles the political and social upheavals from the late 17th to early 19th centuries in the English-speaking world.
D. The Birth of Britain
The Birth of Britain is a historical work by Winston Churchill that chronicles the early history and formation of the British Isles up to the medieval period.
E. A People’s History of American Empire
A People’s History of American Empire is a graphic history book that adapts Howard Zinn’s radical, bottom-up account of U.S. imperialism and foreign policy for a broad, visually driven audience.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	history book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ scholarly monograph ⓘ
analyzes	economic structures of the British Empire ⓘ imperial networks ⓘ political structures of the British Empire ⓘ strategic structures of the British Empire ⓘ
approach	comparative imperial history ⓘ global-systems perspective ⓘ
author	John Darwin ⓘ linked to: John Darwin (historian)
centralConcept	British world-system ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
coversRegion	Africa ⓘ Americas ⓘ Asia ⓘ Britain ⓘ linked to: Great Britain Europe ⓘ Oceania ⓘ
examines	geopolitics of the British Empire ⓘ impact of world wars on the British Empire ⓘ interaction of empire with global capitalism ⓘ processes of imperial decline ⓘ relationship between metropole and colonies ⓘ
field	imperial and colonial studies ⓘ modern history ⓘ
focusesOn	decline of the British Empire ⓘ global reach of the British Empire ⓘ rise of the British world-system ⓘ
genre	academic history ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
notableFor	analysis of British Empire as a world-system ⓘ comprehensive synthesis of modern British imperial history ⓘ
placesInContext	British Empire within global power systems ⓘ British Empire within international economy ⓘ
subject	British Empire ⓘ decolonization ⓘ global history ⓘ imperial history ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	1830–1970 ⓘ
usedIn	university courses on British Empire ⓘ university courses on global history ⓘ

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John Darwin → notableWork → The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970 ⓘ

subject linked to: John Darwin (historian)