000 01253nam a22002537a 4500
020 _a9780192892935
_cRs.695.00
040 _aHCCL
041 _aeng
082 _a909.0971241
_bSAB
245 _a(The) British empire
_cedited by Jane Samson
260 _aNew York
_bOxford University Press
_c2001
300 _axiii, 330p. :
_bmaps ;
_c23.5 cm.
490 _aOxford readers
_v2
500 _aIncludes chronology, bibliography and index.
505 0 _aTHE EARLY EMPIRE: An empire of the sea -- Slavery -- Colonial identities -- THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: New horizons -- The American revolution -- Conquest and identity -- The problem of India -- THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: Trade and empire -- Reform and empire -- The British diaspora -- Empire contested -- The new imperialism -- THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: The end of empire -- The empire at war -- The pioneers: India/Pakistan and Ghana -- Settler minorities: Kenya and Zimbabwe -- Peoples and borders: Palestine and Malaysia
650 _aHistory
_zWorld history
_zGreat Britain
650 _aHistory
653 _aImperialism -- Great Britain-Colonies
700 1 _4ed.
_aSamson, Jane
942 _cBK
_2ddc
999 _c2442
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