1st Edition

Britain and Foreign Affairs 1815-1885 Europe and Overseas

By John Lowe Copyright 1998
    120 Pages
    by Routledge

    120 Pages
    by Routledge

    This pamphlet examines British foreign policy from Castlereagh to Disraeli. Focusing on Britain's relations with other European and non-European powers such as America, Afghanistan, South Africa and Egypt, this pamphlet examines the roles of Canning, Palmerston, and Gladstone amongst others. The author discusses British attitudes to empire, and analyses socio-economic, military and political factors as they influenced foreign affairs.

    1: The making of British foreign policy, 1815–85; 2: Castlereagh and Canning, 1815–27; 3: The Palmerstonian age, 1830–65; 4: The Gladstone–Disraeli era, 1866–85; 5: Conclusion

    Biography

    John Lowe