The British Empire: Themes and PerspectivesS. E. Stockwell This volume adopts a distinctive thematic approach to the history of British imperialism from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It brings together leading scholars of British imperial history: Tony Ballantyne, John Darwin, Andrew Dilley, Elizabeth Elbourne, Kent Fedorowich, Eliga Gould, Catherine Hall, Stephen Howe, Sarah Stockwell, Andrew Thompson, Stuart Ward, and Jon Wilson.
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Britains Empires | 1 |
Foundations of Empire 176383 | 21 |
Empire and the British State | 39 |
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