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The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume II: The Eighteenth Century |  | Creator: P. J. Marshall
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Category: Book
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Pages: 662
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0199246777
Dewey Decimal Number: 941
EAN: 9780199246779
ASIN: 0199246777
Publication Date: September 20, 2001
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Volume II of the Oxford History of the British Empire examines the history of British worldwide expansion from the Glorious Revolution of 1689 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a crucial phase in the creation of the modern British Empire. This was the age of General Wolfe, Clive of India, and Captain Cook. The international team of experts deploys the latest scholarly research to trace and analyze development and expansion over more than a century. They show how trade, warfare, and migration created an Empire, at first overwhelmingly in the Americas but later increasingly in Asia. Although the Empire was ruptured by the American Revolution, it survived and grew into the British Empire that was to dominate the world during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Excellent addition to a noteworthy series April 1, 2009
Lehigh History Student
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The Oxford History of the British Empire fills the crucial years between the Glorious Revolution 1(1688) and the fall of Napoleon (1815) and how that affected and grew the various parts of the Empire. Arguably one of the most important points in British Imperial history occurred during this time period in the form of the Seven Years war which saw the addition of Canada, India and large swaths of islands added to the imperial map. This is the era when the sun came to never set on the Empire. It also was the era where the empire lost the largest amount of territory until the Post World War II decolonization movements.
The book studies not only chronologically but geographically the development of empire. While there are some general chapters on trade, economies, and population shifts it really is an area study focus. From Canada and the United States, to the Caribbean to the Orient the areas are covered in detail and looked at in a variety of ways. Each of these areas is given four to five chapters and looked at from the macro perspective of the government down to the micro perspective of the people living there and their day to day interactions be they with natives or with colonial traders.
Overall it is a great addition to the series and for those who are true students of the British Empire it is a must have.
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