The Last Imperialist: Sir Alan Burns's Epic Defense of the British Empire, Hardcover - Bruce Gilley

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 ...

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

Publisher: Regnery Publishing IncAuthor(s): Bruce GilleyNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 237 x 30Cover type: HardbackRed...

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

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

Reducere. In the 1940s and '50s, comic books were some of the most popular--and most unfiltered--entertainment in the United States. Publishers sold hundreds...

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. They built some of the first communal structures on the empire's frontiers. The empire's most powerful proconsuls sought entrance into their lodges...

Empire of Sentiment opens up a new area of the emotional history of imperialism, showing why a history of the emotions is crucial to understanding ...

Reducere. A warm and unforgettable portrait of a family letting go of the known world to encounter an unfamiliar one filled with rich possibilities and new u...

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

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...

The book contrasts Scottish, Irish and Welsh involvement in early British imperialism in Asia and reflects on the ways in which this global connect...

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. 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: ...

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 ...

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...

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

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...

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

'Tommy' Lascelles was Private Secretary to four monarchs - and depicted in The Crown. These diaries reveal the inside story of the royal household ...

Reducere. Andrew Marshall is a Pentagon legend. For more than four decades he has served as Director of the Office of Net Assessment, the Pentagon's internal...

Reducere. Change your life in Hospitality forever.In this book, I will show you the way to change your service life forever. I will guide you through the 5 G...

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

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...

Publisher: University of Nebraska PressAuthor(s): Matthew G. StanardIllustration(s): 10 photographs, 1 chartNumber of pages: 406Publication date: 2...

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...