The British Empire, 1558-1983

by Trevor Owen Lloyd

Book Overview

This is the first major book to survey the entire history of the British Empire as a completed story. Avoiding the polemics or apologetics that were inevitable when the empire was still at the center of political controversy, the author describes the full sweep of expansion and decolonization from the voyages of discovery in the reign of Elizabeth I to the swift moves to independence in the reign of Elizabeth II. The author argues that British expansion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019873025X
• ISBN13: 9780198730255
• Release Date: September 1984
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 446 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"