Overview
- Explores the role of Britain and the British people in the Islamic world, particularly focusing on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- Considers how events in the Middle East influenced British decisions within the empire
- Chapters cover a range of topics, including early perceptions of Islam, the role of trade, British-Ottoman relations, colonial control and the lasting impact of British imperial rule
Part of the book series: Britain and the World (BAW)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction to Part I
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Front Matter
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Introduction to Part III
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This collection examines the role of Britain in the Islamic world. It offers insight into the social, political, diplomatic, and military issues that arose over the centuries of British involvement in the region, particularly focusing on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. British involvement can be separated into three phases: Discovery, Colonization and Decolonization, and Post-Empire. Decisions made by individual traders and high governmental officials are examined to understand how Great Britain impacted the Islamic world through these periods and, conversely, how events in the Islamic world influenced British decisions within the empire, in protection of the empire, and in the wake of the empire. The essays consider early perceptions of Islam, the role of trade, British-Ottoman relations, and colonial rule and control through religion. They explore British influence in a number of countries, including Somalia, Egypt, Palestine, Iran, Iraq, the Gulf States, India, and beyond. The final part of the book addresses the lasting impact of British imperial rule in the Islamic world.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Justin Quinn Olmstead is Associate Professor of History at the University of Central Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA. His previous publications include Reconsidering Peace and Patriotism during the First World War (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017), and The United States’ Entry into the First World War: The Role of British and German Diplomacy (2018).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Britain in the Islamic World
Book Subtitle: Imperial and Post-Imperial Connections
Editors: Justin Quinn Olmstead
Series Title: Britain and the World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24509-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24508-5Published: 04 September 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24511-5Published: 04 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24509-2Published: 22 August 2019
Series ISSN: 2947-7182
Series E-ISSN: 2947-7190
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 254
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of the Middle East, History of Britain and Ireland, Imperialism and Colonialism, Political History