Ends of British Imperialism

Informationen zum Autor Wm Roger Louis is Kerr Professor of English History and Culture at the University of Texas at Austin and Fellow of St. Antony's College! Oxford. His books include Imperialism at Bay and The British Empire in the Middle East. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford History of the British Empire. Klappentext Tells the story of the British Empire from its late-nineteenth century flowering. This book traces the British Empire from the scramble for Africa through the Mandates system of 'sacred trust'! the turbulent imperial history of the Second World War in Asia and finally to the the unstoppable mid-20th century rush to independence. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of the British Empire from its late-nineteenth century flowering. This book traces the British Empire from the scramble for Africa through the Mandates system of 'sacred trust'! the turbulent imperial history of the Second World War in Asia and finally to the the unstoppable mid-20th century rush to independence.

Product details

• Authors: Roger Louis, William Roger Louis, Wm Roger Louis
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.01.2007
• EAN: 9781845113476
• ISBN: 978-1-84511-347-6
• No. of pages: 1065
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Britisches Empire