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The Expansion of England
''The Expansion of England'' is a book by an English historian John Robert Seeley about the growth of the British Empire, first published in 1883. Seeley argued that the British expansion was based on its defeat of Louis XIV's France in the 18th century, and that the Dominions were critical to English power. He also stated that holding onto India may not be beneficial to England in the long run. The book was a popular success and received a strongly positive response from British politicians and nobility, and several historians have stated that it had great impact upon British thinking.
==Background==
Seeley was a professor of modern history at the University of Cambridge from 1869 to 1895.〔R. T. Shannon, ‘(Seeley, Sir John Robert (1834–1895) )’, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 23 Jan 2014.〕 ''The Expansion of England'' consists of two lectures Seeley delivered at the University in autumn 1881 and spring 1882, that were substantially modified and published in book form eighteen months later. It was written at a time when British imperialism was on the rise.〔Gooch, p. 346.〕 Seeley's view was that the true function of history was "to exhibit the general tendency of English affairs in such a way as to set us thinking about the future, and divining the destiny which is reserved for us". History had no existence independent of politics: "Politics and history are only different aspects of the same study".〔Kenyon, p. 178.〕
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