Making the British Empire, 1660-1800

by Jason Peacey

Book Overview

This collection offers a timely reappraisal of the origins and nature of the first British empire, in response to the 'cultural turn' in historical scholarship and the 'new imperial history'. It addresses topics that have been neglected in recent literature, providing a series of political and institutional perspective; at the same time it recognises the importance of developments across the empire, not least in terms of how they affected imperial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152616700X
• ISBN13: 9781526167002
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"