David Armitage

The Ideological Origins of the British Empire

Herausgeber: Skinner, Quentin; Tully, James

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Comprehensive history of British conceptions of empire from the 1540s to the 1740s.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780521590815
• ISBN-10: 0521590817
• Artikelnr.: 22725468

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: state and empire in British history
2. The empire of Great Britain: England, Scotland and Ireland, c. 1542-1612
3. Protestantism and empire: Hakluyt, Purchas and property
4. The empire of the seas, 1576-1689
5. Liberty and empire
6. The political economy of empire
7. Empire and ideology in the Walpolean era.

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1. Introduction: state and empire in British history; 2. The empire of Great Britain: England, Scotland and Ireland, c. 1542-1612; 3. Protestantism and empire: Hakluyt, Purchas and property; 4. The empire of the seas, 1576-1689; 5. Liberty and empire; 6. The political economy of empire; 7. Empire and ideology in the Walpolean era.

Rezensionen

'The Ideological Origins of the British Empire is an important and necessary work.' Andrew Hadfield, The Times Literary Supplement