Three victories and a defeat:the rise and fall of the first British Empire, 1714-1783
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Basic Books,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | 2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xvii, 802 p.: ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780465013326 0465013325 |
Index Number: | K561 |
CLC: | K561.4 |
Call Number: | K561.4/S592-1 |
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Originally published: London ; New York : Allen Lane, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 685-725) and index. I. Imperial apprenticeship. A part of the main: England in Europe, 1558-1697 -- Marlborough country: Britain and the empire, 1697-1714 -- II. Imperial opportunities. Imperial restoration, 1714-1715 -- Britain's' new European empire, 1716-1717 -- Preventive war in the Mediterranean and the Baltic, 1718-1719 -- III. Imperial challenges. A protestant empire, 1721-1724 -- The return of Charles V, 1725-1726 -- The resurgence of France, 1727-1732 -- Imperial visions. Imperial retreat, 1733-1736 -- The colonial mirage, 1737-1739. Follows the British House of Hanover from its rise based on strong relationships with European powers to its fall due to the political damge of the American Revolution. |