The British End of the British Empire, Hardcover - Sarah Stockwell

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

Reducere. The British Empire, one of the most powerful forces in history, was also one of the most humane. Yet at its twilight, few were willing to defy the ...

Reducere. FASCINATING. ... Dramatic and timely. -New York Times Book Review, Editors' ChoiceIn this grand and thrilling narrative, the acclaimed biographer o...

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 ...

This revisionist history challenges current ideas about convict transportation from Britain and Ireland, penal colonies and religion. It examines r...

One solution to West Indian problems after 1940 was to transform sugarcane into a raw material for making synthetics. Britain hoped to encourage ne...

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...

This is a revisionist account of the origins of the British Empire in Asia in the early modern period. David Veevers shows that it was the integrat...

DescriptionUnderstanding the British Empire draws on a lifetime's research and reflection on the history of the British Empire by one of the senior...

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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...

Combining approaches from reception studies and historical musicology, this book demonstrates how the representation of music at exhibitions drew t...

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: ...

The end of the empire and the legacies of Britain's imperial past have shaped how the British public interact with the outside world. This book sho...

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...

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...

Publisher: Bookmarks PublicationsAuthor(s): John NewsingerNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 211 x 135 x 22Cover type: Paperback...

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

Reducere. A WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD NOTABLE BOOK After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared to be doomed. Yet it grew to become the greate...

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

The British Empire: Sunrise to Sunset is a broad survey of the history of the British Empire from its beginnings to its demise that offers a compre...

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

A new edition of this vivid cultural and social history of the daughters, sisters, mothers and wives of the men at the centre of a daring imperiali...

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

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...

Explodes the myth that after Trafalgar, Martello towers and other coastal-defence infrastructure were unnecessary.Illustrations: 70 colour illustra...

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