Making the Imperial Nation: Colonization, Politics, and English Identity, 1660-1700

by Gabriel Glickman

How did the creation of an overseas empire change politics in England itself?

After 1660, English governments aimed to convert scattered overseas dominions into a coordinated territorial power base. Stuart monarchs encouraged schemes for expansion in America, Africa, and Asia, tightened control over existing territories, and endorsed systems of slave labor to boost colonial prosperity. But English power was precarious, and colonial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300255063
• ISBN13: 9780300255065
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 10.0"