Illus Rise And Fall Of The British Empire - Hardcover

James, Lawrence

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316851477 ISBN 13: 9780316851473

Verlag: Little, Brown, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

Physical description; 352 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports ; 28 cm. Subjects; Decolonization. Imperialism - Great Britain - History. Great Britain - Colonies - History. Commonwealth countries - History. Great Britain - Foreign relations.

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Críticas:

A masterpiece (A N Wilson)

...with this superb history of a mammoth subject his writing career has reached its apogee. (Andrew Roberts, THE TIMES)

James never loses sight of his grand design, yet he still finds room for the telling detail which illuminates and enriches a narrative (Philip Ziegler, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH)

Reseña del editor:

Great Britain's geopolitical role in the global scheme of things has undergone many radical changes over the last four centuries. Once a maritime superpower and ruler of half the world, Britain's current position as an isolated, economically fragile island squabbling with her European neighbours often seems difficult to accept, if not comprehend.

Spanning four centuries and six continents, Lawrence James' THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE examines the imperial experience and its legacy with tremendous verve and perception. In this new edition his original work has been abridged and illustrated with meticulously researched photographs, paintings and ephemera to create a comprehensive and visually stunning and accessible summary of the era.

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• Verlag: Little, Brown
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0316851477
• ISBN 13: 9780316851473
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352