The Evolution of the British Empire and Commonwealth, from the American Revolution

The Evolution of the British Empire and Commonwealth, from the American Revolution

Author: Alfred LeRoy Burt

Publisher: Boston : Heath

Published: 1956

Total Pages: 968

ISBN-13:

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The British Empire and Commonwealth

The British Empire and Commonwealth

Author: Martin Kitchen

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 1996-08-14

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 1349248304

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From its modest to its recent disappearance, the British Empire was an extraordinary and paradoxical entity. North America, Africa, South and Southeast Asia and Australasia and innumerable small islands and territories have been fundamentally shaped - economically, socially and politically - by a nation whose imperial drive came from a bewildering mixture of rapacity and moral zeal, of high-mindedness and viciousness, of strategic cunning and feckless neglect. Martin Kitchen has written a fascinating, crisp, informative account of the rise and fall of the British Empire, concentrating on the 19th and 20th centuries but giving the background of the 'First British Empire', which was lost with the creating of the United States of America. His book is of particular value in relating the importance of the Empire to Britain's success as the only genuinely world power in the Victorian era and to Britain's ability to win the two great wars of the 20th century.


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Download or read book The British Empire and Commonwealth written by Martin Kitchen and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1996-08-14 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its modest to its recent disappearance, the British Empire was an extraordinary and paradoxical entity. North America, Africa, South and Southeast Asia and Australasia and innumerable small islands and territories have been fundamentally shaped - economically, socially and politically - by a nation whose imperial drive came from a bewildering mixture of rapacity and moral zeal, of high-mindedness and viciousness, of strategic cunning and feckless neglect. Martin Kitchen has written a fascinating, crisp, informative account of the rise and fall of the British Empire, concentrating on the 19th and 20th centuries but giving the background of the 'First British Empire', which was lost with the creating of the United States of America. His book is of particular value in relating the importance of the Empire to Britain's success as the only genuinely world power in the Victorian era and to Britain's ability to win the two great wars of the 20th century.


The Fall of the First British Empire

The Fall of the First British Empire

Author: Robert W. Tucker

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780801827808

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"This book was presented in part as the 1981 Jefferson Memorial Lectures at the University of California, Berkeley, May 19-21, 1981"--T.p. verso.


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Download or read book The Fall of the First British Empire written by Robert W. Tucker and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book was presented in part as the 1981 Jefferson Memorial Lectures at the University of California, Berkeley, May 19-21, 1981"--T.p. verso.


Aspects of Anglo-American Relations

Aspects of Anglo-American Relations

Author: Karlin Capper Johnson

Publisher:

Published: 1928

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13:

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The British Atlantic Empire Before the American Revolution

The British Atlantic Empire Before the American Revolution

Author: Glyndwr Williams

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-07-08

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13: 113578051X

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First Published in 1980. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


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Download or read book The British Atlantic Empire Before the American Revolution written by Glyndwr Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-08 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1980. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


The British Empire Before the American Revolution

The British Empire Before the American Revolution

Author: Lawrence Henry Gipson

Publisher:

Published: 1961

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13:

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V.12 - The triumphant empire: Britain sails into the storm, 1770-1776. v.13 - The empire beyond the storm. A summary of the series. Historiography.


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Download or read book The British Empire Before the American Revolution written by Lawrence Henry Gipson and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: V.12 - The triumphant empire: Britain sails into the storm, 1770-1776. v.13 - The empire beyond the storm. A summary of the series. Historiography.


The Development of the British Empire

The Development of the British Empire

Author: Howard Robinson

Publisher:

Published: 1922

Total Pages: 756

ISBN-13:

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Robinson wrote this book to introduce American students to an important part of history that wasn't taught extensively at schools and colleges in the United States. The author discusses the growth of Great Britain, with particular emphasis on recent years, as progress had been quite rapid in the 100 years prior to his book's publication. Newfoundland appears as a topic in both chapters four and twenty-three, as both a British colony and neighbor to the Dominion of Canada. In chapter four, Robinson explains how the importance of the fishery to Britain lead to the colonization of the island and the resulting problems with the French. Chapter twenty-three includes a further description of Newfoundland's fishery, her government, and the possibility of joining Confederation.


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Download or read book The Development of the British Empire written by Howard Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robinson wrote this book to introduce American students to an important part of history that wasn't taught extensively at schools and colleges in the United States. The author discusses the growth of Great Britain, with particular emphasis on recent years, as progress had been quite rapid in the 100 years prior to his book's publication. Newfoundland appears as a topic in both chapters four and twenty-three, as both a British colony and neighbor to the Dominion of Canada. In chapter four, Robinson explains how the importance of the fishery to Britain lead to the colonization of the island and the resulting problems with the French. Chapter twenty-three includes a further description of Newfoundland's fishery, her government, and the possibility of joining Confederation.


The American Revolution and the British Empire

The American Revolution and the British Empire

Author: Sir Reginald Coupland

Publisher:

Published: 1965

Total Pages: 350

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An Empire Divided

An Empire Divided

Author: Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2015-12-14

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 0812293398

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There were 26—not 13—British colonies in America in 1776. Of these, the six colonies in the Caribbean—Jamaica, Barbados, the Leeward Islands, Grenada and Tobago, St. Vincent; and Dominica—were among the wealthiest. These island colonies were closely related to the mainland by social ties and tightly connected by trade. In a period when most British colonists in North America lived less than 200 miles inland and the major cities were all situated along the coast, the ocean often acted as a highway between islands and mainland rather than a barrier. The plantation system of the islands was so similar to that of the southern mainland colonies that these regions had more in common with each other, some historians argue, than either had with New England. Political developments in all the colonies moved along parallel tracks, with elected assemblies in the Caribbean, like their mainland counterparts, seeking to increase their authority at the expense of colonial executives. Yet when revolution came, the majority of the white island colonists did not side with their compatriots on the mainland. A major contribution to the history of the American Revolution, An Empire Divided traces a split in the politics of the mainland and island colonies after the Stamp Act Crisis of 1765-66, when the colonists on the islands chose not to emulate the resistance of the patriots on the mainland. Once war came, it was increasingly unpopular in the British Caribbean; nonetheless, the white colonists cooperated with the British in defense of their islands. O'Shaughnessy decisively refutes the widespread belief that there was broad backing among the Caribbean colonists for the American Revolution and deftly reconstructs the history of how the island colonies followed an increasingly divergent course from the former colonies to the north.


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Download or read book An Empire Divided written by Andrew Jackson O'Shaughnessy and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2015-12-14 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There were 26—not 13—British colonies in America in 1776. Of these, the six colonies in the Caribbean—Jamaica, Barbados, the Leeward Islands, Grenada and Tobago, St. Vincent; and Dominica—were among the wealthiest. These island colonies were closely related to the mainland by social ties and tightly connected by trade. In a period when most British colonists in North America lived less than 200 miles inland and the major cities were all situated along the coast, the ocean often acted as a highway between islands and mainland rather than a barrier. The plantation system of the islands was so similar to that of the southern mainland colonies that these regions had more in common with each other, some historians argue, than either had with New England. Political developments in all the colonies moved along parallel tracks, with elected assemblies in the Caribbean, like their mainland counterparts, seeking to increase their authority at the expense of colonial executives. Yet when revolution came, the majority of the white island colonists did not side with their compatriots on the mainland. A major contribution to the history of the American Revolution, An Empire Divided traces a split in the politics of the mainland and island colonies after the Stamp Act Crisis of 1765-66, when the colonists on the islands chose not to emulate the resistance of the patriots on the mainland. Once war came, it was increasingly unpopular in the British Caribbean; nonetheless, the white colonists cooperated with the British in defense of their islands. O'Shaughnessy decisively refutes the widespread belief that there was broad backing among the Caribbean colonists for the American Revolution and deftly reconstructs the history of how the island colonies followed an increasingly divergent course from the former colonies to the north.


The British Empire-Commonwealth

The British Empire-Commonwealth

Author: Alfred G. Meyer

Publisher:

Published: 1961

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13:

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