The making and unmaking of empires Britain, India, and America c.1750-1783 /

P.J. Marshall deals with a crucial period in the history of the British empire in trying to explain how the British at the same time lost an empire in North America, while winning one in parts of India. He shows that British objectives were much the same all over the world.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marshall, P. J. (Peter James)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Great Britain > Colonies > Asia.
Great Britain > Colonies > America.
Great Britain > Colonies > History > 18th century.
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Description
Summary:P.J. Marshall deals with a crucial period in the history of the British empire in trying to explain how the British at the same time lost an empire in North America, while winning one in parts of India. He shows that British objectives were much the same all over the world.
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Originally published: 2005.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 398 p.) : maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191706813 (ebook) :

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