John Darwin (historian)

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academic historian person

John Darwin is a British historian known for his influential work on the history of the British Empire, global imperialism, and decolonization.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic ⓘ historian ⓘ person ⓘ
academicDiscipline	history ⓘ
areaOfInfluence	historiography of empire ⓘ
citizenship	British ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Oxford ⓘ
employer	Nuffield College, Oxford ⓘ St Antony's College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ
fieldOfWork	global history ⓘ history of decolonization ⓘ history of globalization ⓘ history of the British Empire ⓘ imperial history ⓘ
genre	historical writing ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ
hasWrittenOn	British Empire ⓘ European empires ⓘ decolonization in the 20th century ⓘ global empires ⓘ globalization and empire ⓘ post-colonial world order ⓘ
influenced	scholarship on British imperial history ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableFor	contributions to global history ⓘ studies of decolonization ⓘ studies of global imperialism ⓘ work on the history of the British Empire ⓘ
notableIdea	emphasis on global context of imperial expansion and decline ⓘ interpretation of the British Empire as a world-system ⓘ
notableWork	After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 ⓘ surface form: After Tamerlane After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 ⓘ Britain and Decolonisation: The Retreat from Empire in the Post-War World ⓘ The Empire Project ⓘ The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970 ⓘ The End of the British Empire: The Historical Debate ⓘ The Empire Project ⓘ surface form: Unfinished Empire Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain ⓘ
occupation	historian ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
positionHeld	Beit Professor of Commonwealth History ⓘ
workFocusesOn	interaction between European and non-European powers ⓘ long-term global patterns of empire ⓘ transition from empires to nation-states ⓘ

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After Tamerlane: The Global History of Empire Since 1405 → author → John Darwin (historian) ⓘ

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Britain and Decolonisation: The Retreat from Empire in the Post-War World → author → John Darwin (historian) ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Darwin

The Empire Project: The Rise and Fall of the British World-System, 1830–1970 → author → John Darwin (historian) ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Darwin

The End of the British Empire: The Historical Debate → author → John Darwin (historian) ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Darwin

Darwin → hasNotableBearer → John Darwin (historian) ⓘ

Beit Professor of Commonwealth History → hasNotableHolder → John Darwin (historian) ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Darwin