British Empire

Tür:

Kitap

Yazar:

Stephen Conway

Yayın yılı:

2017

Yayıncı:

Oxford University Press

This chapter pursues further the theme of British direction. It argues that, despite the involvement of other Europeans, the empire remained essentially British. After having considered the case for Europeanization, it goes on to show that many of those foreigners who became involved in or with the empire were at least partially Anglicized by the experience. Large numbers of foreign settlers, scientists, and technical experts learned English for public purposes, adapted to British norms, and consumed British goods, even if they continued to use their native language in their family lives. The same was true of many foreign European soldiers in British pay. More importantly, the empire remained British not only because British needs determined the nature and extent of most types of continental European participation, but also because Britons imposed some degree of control over the process.

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