| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
xi, 484 pages, [16] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
bk. 1. Reconnaissance and early settlement : 1497-1660: The island base ; The Muscovy Company, Persia and the East Indies ; A foothold in India ; West Africa and the Caribbean ; The Virginia settlement; Bermuda ; The American Arctic, Newfoundland, New England -- bk. 2. The old colonial empire : 1660-1784: The mercantilist exploitation ; India : poachers turn gamekeepers ; Slavery, slaughter and sugar in the West Indies ; Colonial America and the conquest of Canada ; The American Revolution ; The South Sea : the reconnaissance of Australia -- bk. 3. Industrial Revolution and the second British empire : 1784-1867: Powerhouse of the world ; Koompani Bandahur; Burma; the mutiny ; The Dominion of Canada; Caribbean decline ; West African commitment; Boer and Bantu; East Africa ; The settlement of Australia and New Zealand -- bk. 4. The defensive climax : 1867-1931: Zenith of imperialism ; The Indian Raj; Burma; Ceylon ; Continental Canada; The Caribbean; the Antarctic ; The Gold Coast and Nigeria; the Union of South Africa ; East Africa; Egypt; the Sudan ; The Commonwealth of Australia; New Zealand democracy ; The Far East : Malaya and the Pacific -- bk. 5. From Empire to independence : the new Commonwealth: The variety of empire ; Metropolitan decline ; The Empire-Commonwealth in world history. |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.
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Great Britain -- History -- 1485-
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| ISBN |
0316104094 |
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