The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire
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Author |
: Piers Brendon |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 850 |
Release |
: 2010-02-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307388414 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307388417 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 by : Piers Brendon
A WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD NOTABLE BOOK After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared to be doomed. Yet it grew to become the greatest, most diverse empire the world had seen. Then, within a generation, the mighty structure collapsed, a rapid demise that left an array of dependencies and a contested legacy: at best a sporting spirit, a legal code and a near-universal language; at worst, failed states and internecine strife. The Decline and Fall of the British Empire covers a vast canvas, which Brendon fills with vivid particulars, from brief lives to telling anecdotes to comic episodes to symbolic moments.
Author |
: Piers Brendon |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 841 |
Release |
: 2008-10-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307270283 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307270289 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 by : Piers Brendon
A WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD NOTABLE BOOK After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared to be doomed. Yet it grew to become the greatest, most diverse empire the world had seen. Then, within a generation, the mighty structure collapsed, a rapid demise that left an array of dependencies and a contested legacy: at best a sporting spirit, a legal code and a near-universal language; at worst, failed states and internecine strife. The Decline and Fall of the British Empire covers a vast canvas, which Brendon fills with vivid particulars, from brief lives to telling anecdotes to comic episodes to symbolic moments.
Author |
: John Gallagher |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 244 |
Release |
: 2004-01-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521891043 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521891042 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Decline, Revival and Fall of the British Empire by : John Gallagher
John Gallagher was a major influence on a generation of students of empire. His re-interpretation of the nature of British imperialism stimulated much debate. Here, Anil Seal has edited a group of Gallagher's major essays.
Author |
: Henry Crocker Marriott WATSON |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 291 |
Release |
: 1890 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:1230941811 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, Etc. [By H. C. M. W.]. by : Henry Crocker Marriott WATSON
Author |
: Lawrence James |
Publisher |
: Macmillan + ORM |
Total Pages |
: 978 |
Release |
: 1997-09-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781466842137 |
ISBN-13 |
: 146684213X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by : Lawrence James
“A stylish, intelligent and readable book.” —The New York Times Book Review Birthed as a maritime superpower, the ruler of half the globe, Britain today finds itself in a precarious position, often stirring conflict within its European kin. This book provides a nuanced reflection of Britain's tumultuous transition from a globally dominant empire to an economically fragile island. In The Rise and Fall of the British Empire, Lawrence James has written a comprehensive, perceptive, and insightful history of the British Empire. Spanning the years from 1600 to the present day, this critically acclaimed book combines detailed scholarship with readable popular history.
Author |
: John Darwin |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 815 |
Release |
: 2009-09-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781139482141 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1139482149 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Empire Project by : John Darwin
The British Empire, wrote Adam Smith, 'has hitherto been not an empire, but the project of an empire' and John Darwin offers a magisterial global history of the rise and fall of that great imperial project. The British Empire, he argues, was much more than a group of colonies ruled over by a scattering of British expatriates until eventual independence. It was, above all, a global phenomenon. Its power derived rather less from the assertion of imperial authority than from the fusing together of three different kinds of empire: the settler empire of the 'white dominions'; the commercial empire of the City of London; and 'Greater India' which contributed markets, manpower and military muscle. This unprecedented history charts how this intricate imperial web was first strengthened, then weakened and finally severed on the rollercoaster of global economic, political and geostrategic upheaval on which it rode from beginning to end.
Author |
: David Cannadine |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 1990 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:278040178 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy by : David Cannadine
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 72 |
Release |
: 1905 |
ISBN-10 |
: SRLF:A0000830760 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Decline and Fall of the British Empire by :
Author |
: Richard Gott |
Publisher |
: Verso Books |
Total Pages |
: 577 |
Release |
: 2022-01-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781839764226 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1839764228 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Britain's Empire by : Richard Gott
A magisterial history of resistance to the rising of the British empire As the call for a new understanding of our national history grows louder, Britain’s Empire turns the received imperial story on its head. Richard Gott recounts the long-overlooked narrative of resisters, revolutionaries and revolters who stood up to the might of the Empire. In a story of almost continuous colonialist violence, Britain’s crimes unspool from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the Indian Mutiny, spanning the globe from Ireland to Australia. Capturing events from the perspective of the colonised, Gott unearths the all-but-forgotten stories excluded from mainstream histories.
Author |
: Correlli Barnett |
Publisher |
: London : Eyre Methuen Limited |
Total Pages |
: 666 |
Release |
: 1972 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015038928175 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (75 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Collapse of British Power by : Correlli Barnett