The rise and fall of the British Empire. Part 2 of 3

Professor Patrick N. Allitt, Emory University, delivers lectures on the history of the British Empire. Abstract: Professor Patrick N. Allitt, Emory University, delivers lectures on the history of the British Empire Content: Disc 1. The sun never set -- The challenge to Spain in the New World -- African slavery and the West Indies -- Imperial beginnings in India -- Clive and the conquest of India -- Wolfe and the conquest of Canada -- Disc 2. The loss of the American colonies -- Exploring the planet -- Napoleon challenges the empire -- The other side of the world -- Abolition of the slave trade and slavery -- Early African colonies -- Disc 3. China and the Opium Wars -- Britain : the imperial center -- Ireland : the tragic relationship -- India and the "great game' -- Rebellion and mutiny in India -- How Canada became a nation -- Disc 4. The exploration and settlement of Africa -- Gold, greed, and geopolitics in Africa -- The empire in literature -- Economics and theories of empire -- The British Empire fights imperial Germany -- Versailles and disillusionment -- Disc 5. Ireland divided -- Cricket and the British Empire -- British India between the World Wars -- World War II : England alone -- World War II : the Pyrrhic victory -- Twilight of the Raj -- Israel, Egypt, and the Suez Canal -- The decolonization of Africa -- The white dominions -- Britain after the empire -- Colonial and postcolonial literature -- Epitaph and legacy. The British Empire triumps in culture, politics, and the military. The influence of colonisation around the world on native inhabitants is analysed along with the decline of the empire as the new nations form their own identities Professor Patrick N. Allitt, Emory University, delivers thirty-six lectures on the history of the British Empire