The British Imperial Century, 1815 1914: A World History Perspective

by Timothy H. Parsons

Book Overview

Although Britain's overseas empire may not have been "acquired in a fit of absence of mind," as one of its most prominent historians once alleged, neither was it the brainchild of politicians and bureaucrats in London. Why, then, has so much imperial history been written from this metropolitan perspective? Timothy Parsons strongly contends that the scope and duration of this, the largest of all modern European empires, can only be understood from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847688259
• ISBN13: 9780847688258
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 to 22 years
• Grade Range: Postsecondary