Bruce Lenman

England's Colonial Wars 1550-1688

Conflicts, Empire and National Identity

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Produktbeschreibung

The first of two volumes in Bruce Lenman's hugely ambitious study explores three interacting themes: the growth of England's sprawling colonial empire; its military dimension; and the impact of colonial warfare on national identity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9781138181069
• ISBN-10: 1138181064
• Artikelnr.: 71684860

Autorenporträt

Bruce Lenman is Professor of Modern History at the University of St. Andrews. He has also written Britain's Colonial Wars, 1688 - 1783.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Give war a chance; 1: The Tudor Crown, the English Nation, and
the Heritage of Anglo-Norman Expansionism 1550-1603; 1: Colonial Englishmen
face up to the Tudors; 3: The Gaidhealtachd and the colonial enterprise; 4:
Feeding frenzy: marginal courtiers and perceived opportunities, 1578-1590;
5: Nadir of statesmanship: the origins of the last Elizabethan colonial
war; 6: The bankruptcy of Elizabethan imperialism and the fatal fracturing
of the Englishry; 2: Three-Kingdom Monarchy and Empire 1603-1688; 7:
Reluctant warriors: James I, Charles I, appeasement and the aborting of a
three-kingdom overseas empire; 8: No enthusiasts for empire: the English
East India Company and the struggle for maritime trade in
seventeenth-century Asia to 1689; 9: War in the New English marchlands in
North America 1607-1676; 10: The clash of European states and the rise of
the imperial factor in the Caribbean and North America; 11: Conclusion The
fracturing of the Englishry, the marginality of colonial enterprise, and
the erratic impact of war