Author: Ramsay MuirPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
A Short History of the British Commonwealth ...
Author: Ramsay MuirPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 854
Book Description
A Short History of the British Commonwealth
Author: Ramsay MuirPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commonwealth countries
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
A Short History of the British Commonwealth
Author: Ramsay MuirThe British Empire and Commonwealth
Author: Martin KitchenPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1349248304
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
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.
“A” Short History of the British Commonwealth
Author: Ramsay MuirPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A Short History of the British Commonwealth
Author: Ramsay MuirA Short History of the British Commonwealth
Author: Ramsay MuirA Short History of the British Commonwealth
Author: Ramsay MuirPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages :
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A Short History of the British Commonwealth, Vol. 1 of 2
Author: Ramsay MuirPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265760246
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 844
Book Description
Excerpt from A Short History of the British Commonwealth, Vol. 1 of 2: The Islands and the First Empire (to 1763) It is part of the plan of the book that the treatment should become fuller as the narrative draws nearer to our own time. The present volume extends to 1763, and covers all that part of the story which is common to all the English speaking peoples. It will be succeeded by a second volume of similar dimensions, which will bring the story down to the Great War. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Short History of the British Commonwealth, Vol. 2 of 2
Author: Ramsay MuirPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483468672
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
Excerpt from A Short History of the British Commonwealth, Vol. 2 of 2: The Modern Commonwealth (1763 to 1919) Nor is this the only difficulty which the writing of recent history presents. The task of writing the first volume was greatly simplified by the fact that, in the main, I had to follow a beaten track, trodden by many previous writers, who had established what may be called an orthodox View as to the significance and the relative importance of events. In the present volume I have lacked this aid; for though a vast deal has been written about almost every aspect of the subject, the results have not yet been digested into a received and coherent view. Indeed, so far as I am aware, there is no book in which an attempt has been made to draw together, in their just relations, all the subjects which have seemed to me to be essential parts of my theme. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.