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Zusatztext from start to finish, this is an argumentative book written in accessible prose, which is certain to generate debate, stimulate challenges, and consolidate the reputation of Alison Games as one of the most accomplished scholars writing today on England's North American World within the context of its more general expansion overseas. Informationen zum Autor Alison Games is Dorothy M. Brown Distinguished Professor of History, Georgetown University. She is the author of Migration and the Origins of the English Atlantic World and co-author of The Atlantic World: A History, 1400-1888. Klappentext How did England go from a position of inferiority to the powerful Spanish empire to achieve global pre-eminence? In this important work, Alison Games explores the period when England challenged dominion over the American continents, established new long-distance trade routes in the eastern Mediterranean and the East Indies, and emerged in the 17th century as an empire to reckon with. Zusammenfassung How did England go from a position of inferiority to the powerful Spanish empire to achieve global pre-eminence? In this important work, Alison Games explores the period when England challenged dominion over the American continents, established new long-distance trade routes in the eastern Mediterranean and the East Indies, and emerged in the 17th century as an empire to reckon with. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter One: Before the Grand Tour: The Domestication of Travel Chapter Two: The Mediterranean Origins of the British Empire Chapter Three: English Overseas Merchants in an Expanding World of Trade, 1590-1650 Chapter Four: Virginia, 1607-1622 Chapter Five: All the Kings Men: Governors, Consuls, and Ambassadors, 1590-1650 Chapter Six: Madagascar, 1635-1650 Chapter Seven: The Cosmopolitan Clergy, 1620-1660 Chapter Eight: Ireland, 1649-1660 Conclusion
