Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire, Paperback - C. a. Bayly

Reducere. This volume provides a synthesis of some of the most important themes to emerge from the recent proliferation of specialized scholarship on the per...

DescriptionFilms for the Colonies examines the British Government's use of film across its vast Empire from the 1920s until widespread independence...

Trevor Royle does for Culloden what Juliet Barker did for Agincourt, bringing us the definitive account of the battle and its wider role in the cre...

Paperback edition of a monumental new history by the Churchill College, Cambridge author of Eminent Edwardians and Dark Valley, full of brief lives...

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the British Empire traces the emergence of the world's greatest empire from its earliest beginnings in the British ...

Reducere. FASCINATING. ... Dramatic and timely. --New York Times Book Review, Editors' ChoiceIn this dramatic tale of discovery (San Francisco Chronicle), th...

The follow-up to Peter Fryer's modern classic, Staying Power

For Elizabeth, Drake made the impossible real, serving as a crucial and brilliantly adaptable instrument of her ambitions to transform England from...

Imperial Boredom offers a radical reconsideration of the British Empire during its heyday in the nineteenth century. Challenging the long-establish...

Examines various ways in which the Empire was displayed in Britain between the eighteenth and early twentieth centuries, looking at music, satirica...

As museums across Europe reckon with the post-colonial legacies of their collections, this volume combines approaches from material anthropology, i...

Hardly anyone paid attention when Sultan Khan arrived in London on April 26, 1929. A humble servant from a village in the Punjab, Khan had little f...

Reducere. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is ...

Reducere. David Armitage presents the first comprehensive history of British conceptions of empire for half a century, tracing the emergence of British imper...

The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in twenty-five years than the Romans did in four hundred. In nearly every coun...

DescriptionThis thematic history of the world from 1780 to the onset of the First World War reveals that the world was far more 'globalised' at thi...

The imperial expansion of Europe across the globe was one of the most significant events to shape the modern world. Among the many effects of this ...

In 1831 enslaved Jamaicans revolted. What began as a peaceful movement soon became a bloodbath as British troops retaliated. Tom Zoellner tells the...

From Fiji to the Falkland Islands, from Malaysia to Australia and South Africa, from Lagos to Ottawa, British men and women, with no training, were...

Provides a description of the British rocketry and space programme from the 1950s to 1970s, detailing the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Blue Strea...

'Hopkirk has made the extraordinary field of Central-Asian espionage his own ... an enthralling story' ObserverPublisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s...

Colonial hierarchy and race fueled rapid militarization in the British Empire that shaped the violent course of the twentieth century. This innovat...

Reducere. DescriptionCombining Atlantic and imperial perspectives, Caribbean New Orleans offers a lively portrait of the city and a probing investigation of ...

The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, 1805–1927 - C. I. Hamilton

The book is a highly original and long overdue examination of the ways that European concepts of time were imposed on other cultures as a component...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THEKANSAS CITY STAR From Anthony Everitt, the bestselling author of acclaimed biographies of Cicero, Aug...

Reducere. While it is well known that more Africans fought on behalf of the British than with the successful patriots of the American Revolution, Gerald Horn...

Bringing together the world's leading scholars on the subject, Military Education and the British Empire explores distinct national narratives with...

Martin Walker's account of over forty years of global confrontation between the US and Russia is a masterly narrative of the Cold War's twists and ...

"I don't make culture, I sell it" Dick Clark once remarked. Indeed, the man who reigned as host of American Bandstand for nearly four decades may n...

How did decolonization impact on Britain itself? And how did Britain manage its transition from colonial power to postcolonial nation? Sarah Stockw...

Reducere. The author presents a behind the scenes look at the secretive international policies of the British government and how their successes allowed them...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. A brawling, rambunctious history celebrating the Empire--and the intrepid empire-builders--that gave the United States, Canada, India, and Australi...

Reducere. Most have heard of the story of Jamestown. Pocahontas saves John Smith and the rest of the colony from starvation in a romantic bedtime story. But ...

Studies popular tropes in the United States for Mexican immigrants, tracing the history and usage of terms that were shaped by race, class, and nat...

After writing Elementary Geography for earlier grades, Ms Mason wrote this book, the second in her series of five readers, to teach students about ...

After writing Elementary Geography for earlier grades, Ms Mason wrote this book, the second in her series of five readers, to teach students about ...

Knowledge Worlds reconceives the university as a media complex through which knowledge is made, conveyed, and withheld. Reinhold Martin argues that...

This book should be value for all those who are interested in enhancing their self-understanding. It should also serve as useful classroom text for...

Freewheeling sexuality and gender experimentation defined the social and moral landscape of 1890s San Francisco. Middle class whites crafting titil...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the Mughal Empire and British Raj, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: ...

If you want to discover the captivating history of the Mughal Empire and British Raj, then keep reading...Two captivating manuscripts in one book: ...

Reducere. Analyzing the rise and subsequent fall of international piracy from the perspective of colonial hinterlands, Mark G. Hanna explores the often overt...

Reducere. The author presents a behind the scenes look at the secretive international policies of the British government and how their successes allowed them...

North Americans and Western Europeans increasingly identify as 'spiritual but not religious'. This book combines cultural sociology with intellectu...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of the British Raj, then keep reading...The British presence in India lasted for nearly 350 years, ...

This important new book looks at the crucial role played by Indian soldiers in the control, and expansion, of the British Empire. Marking the 75th ...