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Cover
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Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
PART I: THE CHALLENGE TO IMPERIAL POWER: NATIVE AMERICANS, CARIBBEAN SLAVES, INDIAN PRINCES AND IRISH PEASANTS, 1755–72
Chapter 1: Native American Resistance during the French and Indian War
Chapter 2: The Last Great Native American Rebellions
Chapter 3: Slave Rebellions in the Caribbean
Chapter 4: Treaties and Proclamation Mark the End of the French and Indian War
Chapter 5: Muslim Resistance in Bengal and Mysore
Chapter 6: Peasant Resistance in Ireland
PART II: WHITE SETTLER REVOLT IN AMERICA, AND FRESH RESISTANCE IN CANADA, INDIA AND THE CARIBBEAN, 1770–89
Chapter 7: Episodes of Resistance during the American War of Independence
Chapter 8: Native American Resistance to Fur Traders in Western Canada
Chapter 9: The Resistance in Southern India
PART III: THE LOSS OF AMERICA CREATES A NEED FOR NEW PRISONS ABROAD AND A PLACE TO SETTLE BLACK ‘EMPIRE LOYALISTS’, 1786–1802
Chapter 10: The British Search for Distant Gulags
Chapter 11: The Black Settlers of Sierra Leone
PART IV: BRITAIN EXPANDS ITS COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARY EMPIRE DURING THE WAR AGAINST REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE, 1793–1802
Chapter 12: Resistance to Empire in the Caribbean in the Wake of the French Revolution
Chapter 13: Slaves and ‘Free Coloureds’ in the French Islands of the Caribbean Resist Absorption in the Empire
Chapter 14: Europe’s Revolutionary Conflict Spreads to South Africa
Chapter 15: The Dutch Empire in Ceylon
Chapter 16: The Great Irish Rebellion of 1798
Chapter 17: Tipu Sultan and the Final Resistance of Indian Forces in Mysore
PART V: RESISTANCE TO IMPERIAL EXPANSION DURING THE WARS AGAINST NAPOLEON, 1803–15
Chapter 18: Rebellions, Revolts and Mutinies in the Caribbean
Chapter 19: The Resistance of the Marathas to the British Invasion of Central India
Chapter 20: Mutiny and Revolt by Muslim Sepoys and European Officers
Chapter 21: Rebellion in Australia and the Slaughter of Aborigines
Chapter 22: Resistance in South Africa, South America and Egypt
Chapter 23: Slave Rebellion, Xhosa Resistance, and White Settler Revolt in Cape Colony
Chapter 24: British Penetration into the Persian Gulf
Chapter 25: The British Seizure of Mauritius, the Seychelles and Indonesia
Chapter 26: Bulbhadar Singh and the Gurkha Resistance in Nepal
Chapter 27: The British Conquest of Kandy
PART VI: SLAVE REVOLTS, WHITE SETTLEMENT, INDIGENOUS EXTERMINATION, AND THE ADVANCE INTO BURMA AND ASSAM, 1816–30
Chapter 28: Slave Rebellions in the Caribbean
Chapter 29: The Battle of Seven Oaks, Canada
Chapter 30: Revolts and Resistance in Central India
Chapter 31: Revolt, Fresh Settlement and Extermination in Cape Colony
Chapter 32: The British Base and Prison on the Island of Singapore
Chapter 33: Years of Unrest Culminate in a Fresh Revolt in Ireland
Chapter 34: Aborigine Resistance in Australia and White Retaliation
Chapter 35: The Ashanti Defeat the British at Esamankow
Chapter 36: The Burmese Empire Fights Back
Chapter 37: Tea and Strategy: The Rajahs and Hill Peoples of Assam Rebel
PART VII: AN END TO COLONIAL SLAVERY AND RESISTANCE TO FRESH SETTLEMENT, 1830–38
Chapter 38: Slave Rebellions in the Caribbean Hasten the End of Slavery
Chapter 39: White Settlers Devise New Ways to Hunt the Australian Aborigines
Chapter 40: The Whitefeet in Ireland Oppose the Payment of Tithes and Rent
Chapter 41: White Settler Rebellions and Buddhist Resistance in the East
Chapter 42: Resistance in the Strait of Malacca
Chapter 43: Resistance on the Gambia River in West Africa
Chapter 44: The End of Slavery in Cape Colony, the Rebellion of Maqoma, and the Flight of the Boer Farmers
Chapter 45: White Settler Rebellions in Canada
PART VIII: IMPERIAL HUMILIATION AND FURTHER EXPANSION, 1839–47
Chapter 46: The Capture of Useful Imperial Harbours
Chapter 47: Revolts among the Hill Tribes of Assam
Chapter 48: Resistance to the British Invasion of Afghanistan
Chapter 49: The Resistance of the Amirs of Sind Is Reinforced by Their Baluchi Soldiers
Chapter 50: The Long Struggle of the Sikhs in the Punjab
Chapter 51: Aborigine Resistance in Victoria and Queensland
Chapter 52: Maori Resistance in New Zealand
Chapter 53: Muslim Resistance in Sarawak
Chapter 54: The Penultimate Battles of the Xhosa in Cape Colony
PART IX: PRELUDE TO THE MUTINY, 1848–53
Chapter 55: William Smith O’Brien and the Rising of the Young Irelanders
Chapter 56: Dr Christopher Elliott, Wikrama Sardawa Siddhapa and the Rebellion of the Kandy Pretenders
Chapter 57: The Final Rebellion of the Xhosa in Cape Colony
Chapter 58: West African Resistance
Chapter 59: The Start of an Endless Saga: The North-West Frontier Territories of India
Chapter 60: The Burmese Empire Resists Further Invasion
PART X: THE GATHERING STORM, 1854–58
Chapter 61: The Taiping Rebellion Spreads Unrest among Chinese Communities Elsewhere
Chapter 62: White Settler Rebellion in Australia and Further Aborigine Resistance
Chapter 63: The Santals in Bengal and the Moplahs in Malabar
Chapter 64: James Sayers Orr and the ‘Angel Gabriel’ Riots in Guyana
Chapter 65: Nongqawuse and the Self-Destruction of the Xhosa in Cape Colony
Chapter 66: The Great Rebellion in India
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index
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