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1759
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Frank McLynn |
History would have been different if not for the events of 1759. It was the fourth year of the Seven Years', or the French-and-Indian, War, and crucial victories against the French in the first truly… |
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Purifying empire
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Deana Heath |
"Purifying Empire explores the material, cultural and moral fragmentation of the boundaries of imperial and colonial rule in the British Empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. I… |
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Empire of secrets
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Calder Walton |
Discusses how Great Britain and the intelligence service MI5 played a crucial but virtually unseen role throughout the Cold War, revealing violent counterinsurgencies, urban warfare campaigns, and ot… |
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Cities of empire
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Tristram Hunt |
"An original history of the most enduring colonial creation, the city, explored through ten portraits of powerful urban centers the British Empire left in its wake. At its peak, the British Empire wa… |
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A Fighting Retreat
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Robin Neillands |
From Indian independence to the return of Hong Kong to China, British military specialist Neillands thoroughly chronicles Britain's retreat from empire. He offers a paean to the empire and its soldie… |
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Edge of Empire
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Maya Jasanoff |
Talented historian Maya Jasonoff offers an alternative history of the British Empire. It is not about conquest – but rather a collection of startling and fascinating personal accounts of cross-cultur… |
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British imperialism, 1688-2000
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P. J. Cain |
"The milestone in the understanding of British history and imperialism, this important book radically reinterprets the course of modern economic development and the causes of overseas expansion durin… |
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An empire on trial
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Martin J. Wiener |
An Empire on Trial is the first book to explore the issue of interracial homicide in the British Empire during its height - examining these incidents and the prosecution of such cases in each of seve… |
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Trade, Plunder and Settlement
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Kenneth R. Andrews |
Explains the course of English overseas expansion and the beginning of the overseas empire. |
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Redefining the bonds of commonwealth, 1939-1948
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Francine McKenzie |
"Redefining the Bonds of Commonwealth, 1939-1948 examines the evolution of the Commonwealth in response to the emergence of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa as independent actors in in… |
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Crucible of War
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Fred Anderson |
In this engrossing narrative of the great military conflagration of the mid-eighteenth century, Fred Anderson transports us into the maelstrom of international rivalries. With the Seven Years' War, G… |
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