Wales and the British Overseas Empire - Interactions and Influences, 1650-1830

This unique collection of essays examines the many relationships that existed between Wales and the expanding British overseas empire between 1650 and 1830.

List of contents

Introduction
1. Writing Wales into the empire: rhetoric, fragments - and beyond? - Neil Evans
2. Wales, Munster and the English South West: contrasting articulations with the Atlantic world -Chris Evans
3. Celtic rivalries: Ireland, Scotland and Wales in the British empire, 1707-1801 - Martyn J. Powell
4. Welsh evangelicals, the eighteenth-century British Atlantic world and the creation of a 'Christian Republick' - David Ceri Jones
5. From periphery to periphery: the Pennants' Jamaican plantations and industrialisation in North Wales, 1771-1812 - Trevor Burnard
6. A 'reticent' people? The Welsh in Asia, c.1700-1815 - Andrew Mackillop
7. Asiatic interactions: India, the East India Company, and the Welsh economy, c.1750-1830 - H. V. Bowen
Afterword
Index

About the author

H.V. Bowen is Professor of Modern History at Swansea University.

Summary

This unique collection of essays examines the many relationships that existed between Wales and the expanding British overseas empire between 1650 and 1830.

Product details

• Authors: H. V. Bowen, H.v. Bowen
• Assisted by: H.v. Bowen (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.05.2016
• EAN: 9781784993528
• ISBN: 978-1-78499-352-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Studies in Imperialism; Studies in Imperialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Wales, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, British Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Wales, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Colonialism and imperialism, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800