Historical Dictionary of the British Empire (Historical Dictionaries of Ancient Civilizations and Historical Eras) - Hardcover

Panton, Kenneth J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810878011 ISBN 13: 9780810878013

Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2015

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For much of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Britain was the dominant world power, its strength based in large part on its command of an Empire that, in the years immediately after World War I, encompassed almost one-quarter of the earth's land surface and one-fifth of its population. Writers boasted that the sun never set on British possessions, which provided raw materials that, processed in British factories, could be re-exported as manufactured products to expanding colonial markets. The commercial and political might was not based on any grand strategic plan of territorial acquisition, however. The Empire grew piecemeal, shaped by the diplomatic, economic, and military circumstances of the times, and its speedy dismemberment in the mid-twentieth century was, similarly, a reaction to the realities of geopolitics in post-World War II conditions. Today the Empire has gone but it has left a legacy that remains of great significance in the modern world.

The Historical Dictionary of the British Empire covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Britain.

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Kenneth J. Panton is professor emeritus at the University of Southern Mississippi. A graduate of the University of Edinburgh and King's College, University of London, he taught at London Guildhall University before moving to the United States to lead Southern Mississippi's British Studies program, taking 200 graduate and undergraduate students to the United Kingdom every summer. His publications include seven previous contributions to the Historical Dictionary series.

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• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0810878011
• ISBN 13: 9780810878013
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 766
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