▁Joseph ▁Chamber lain ▁and ▁Lord ▁Rose bury , ▁and ▁implemented ▁in ▁Africa ▁by ▁Cec il ▁Rh odes . ▁Other ▁influ ential ▁sp okes men ▁included ▁Lord ▁C rom er , ▁Lord ▁Cur zon , ▁General ▁K itch ner , ▁Lord ▁Mil ner , ▁and ▁the ▁writer ▁Rud yard ▁Ki pling . ▁They ▁all ▁were ▁influenced ▁by ▁See ley ' s ▁Exp ansion ▁of ▁England . ▁The ▁British ▁Empire ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁Empire ▁that ▁the ▁world ▁has ▁ever ▁seen ▁both ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁land mass ▁and ▁population . ▁Its ▁power , ▁both ▁military ▁and ▁economic , ▁remained ▁un match ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 0 . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 6 ▁Dis ra eli ▁over c ame ▁veh ement ▁Liberal ▁opposition ▁and ▁obtained ▁for ▁Queen ▁Victoria ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁" Em press ▁of ▁India " ▁( she ▁was ▁not ▁" Em press ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁Empire .") ▁ ▁British ▁histor ians ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁diplom atic , ▁military ▁and ▁administrative ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁Empire ▁before ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s . ▁They ▁saw ▁a ▁bene vol ent ▁enter prise . ▁Young er ▁gener ations ▁branch ed ▁off ▁into ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁social , ▁economic ▁and ▁cultural ▁them es , ▁and ▁took ▁a ▁much ▁more ▁critical ▁st ance . ▁ ▁Represent ative ▁of ▁the ▁old ▁tradition ▁was ▁the ▁Cambridge ▁History ▁of ▁India , ▁a ▁large - scale ▁project ▁published ▁in ▁five ▁volumes ▁between ▁ 1 9 2 2 ▁and ▁ 1 9 3 7 ▁by ▁Cambridge ▁University ▁Press . ▁Some ▁volumes