Trevor Lloyd

Empire (eBook, PDF)

A History of the British Empire

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

For almost two hundred years Britain dominated the world, its naval supremacy enabling it to acquire a vast empire, including India, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and much of Africa. Although it could not prevent its American colonies from becoming independent, its industrial and commercial power helped it to keep its scattered possessions under control, while a small army was sufficient to put down native rebellions in the absence of the involvement of oher Euroean states. A dwindling economy, and the cost of two world wars, saw this once-mighty empire crumble, giving in the process independence to nearly all of its dominions in the years after 1945. Empire is a succinct and highly readable account of this extraordinary rise and fall.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780826421715
• Artikelnr.: 40775930

Autorenporträt

Trevor Lloyd is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Preface
1 Settling by the Seashore
2 War with France
3 First Moves Inland
4 The Only Empire in the World
5 Pause and Expand
6 The Too Vast Orb
7 The Two World Wars
8 Towards Decolonisation
9 After Empire
Notes Further Reading
Index

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