The rise and fall of the British Empire

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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.