| Description |
1 online resource (400 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; List of Maps; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. British Worldwide Expansion; 2. State and Empire; 3. War and its Transformations: The Atlantic 1754-1763; 4. War and its Transformations: India 1754-1765; 5. Ideas of Empire 1763-1776: The 'Old' Empire; 6. Ideas of Empire 1763-1776: The 'New' Empire; 7. The Making of Empire, I: India, New Imperial Structures 1765-1783; 8. The Making of Empire, II: India, Madras, Bombay and Bengal 1765-1778; 9. The Unmaking of Empire, I: North America 1763-1768; 10. The Unmaking of Empire, II: North America 1768-1775 |
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11. War and its Resolutions 1775-1783Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Summary |
P.J. Marshall deals with a crucial period in the history of the British empire in trying to explain how the British at the same time lost an empire in North America, while winning one in parts of India. He shows that British objectives were much the same all over the world |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Imperialism -- History -- 18th century
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British colonies
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Imperialism
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 18th century
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- History -- 18th century
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| Subject |
America
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Asia
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780199226665 |
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0199226660 |
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0191551570 |
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9780191551574 |
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