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Empire and Others
Professor M Daunton
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Description for Empire and Others
Hardcover. The forging of a British identity in the 17th and 18th centuries was also played out in North America, the Caribbean, Australia and New Zealand. This text integrates the history of these areas with British and imperial history. Num Pages: 412 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1HFMS; 1KB; 1KJ; 1MBF; 1MBN; 1Q; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBG; HBJD1; HBJH; HBJK; HBJM; HBLC; HBLH; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 839.
Much has been written about the forging of a British identity in the 17th and 18th centuries, from the multiple kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. But the process also ran across the Irish sea and was played out in North America and the Caribbean. In the process, the indigenous peoples of North America, the Caribbean, the Cape, Australia and New Zealand were forced to redefine their identities. This text integrates the history of these areas with British and imperial history. With contributions from both sides of the Atlantic, each chapter deals with a different aspect of British encounters with ... Read more
Much has been written about the forging of a British identity in the 17th and 18th centuries, from the multiple kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. But the process also ran across the Irish sea and was played out in North America and the Caribbean. In the process, the indigenous peoples of North America, the Caribbean, the Cape, Australia and New Zealand were forced to redefine their identities. This text integrates the history of these areas with British and imperial history. With contributions from both sides of the Atlantic, each chapter deals with a different aspect of British encounters with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
Number of Pages
412
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857289916
SKU
V9781857289916
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Ref
99-1
About Professor M Daunton
Martin Daunton was formerly the Astor Professor of British History at University College London, before moving to the chair of economic history at Cambridge in 1997. He is the author of Progress and poverty: an economic and social history of Britain, 1700—1850, and is currently completing a book on the politics of British taxation from 1815 to the present. Rick ... Read more
Reviews for Empire and Others
'Due to the tremendous scope of the book, there is something for everyone interested in the broad themes a major strength is, undoubtedly, the sophisticated research and the scholarship apparent throughout the book.' - Social History Bulletin