Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain

Informationen zum Autor John Darwin was until his retirement last year Professor of Imperial and Global History at the University of Oxford. He is the author of After Tamerlane , Unfinished Empire and The Empire Project. Klappentext A both controversial and comprehensive historical analysis of how the British Empire worked, from Wolfson Prize-winning author and historian John Darwin The British Empire shaped the world in countless ways: repopulating continents, carving out nations, imposing its own language, technology and values. For perhaps two centuries its expansion and final collapse were the single largest determinant of historical events, and it remains surrounded by myth, misconception and controversy today. John Darwin's provocative and richly enjoyable book shows how diverse, contradictory and in many ways chaotic the British Empire really was, controlled by interests that were often at loggerheads, and as much driven on by others' weaknesses as by its own strength. Zusammenfassung Offers a both controversial and comprehensive historical analysis of how the British Empire worked. This book shows how diverse, contradictory and in many ways chaotic the British Empire really was, controlled by interests that were often at loggerheads, and as much driven on by others' weaknesses as by its own strength.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: John Darwin
• Edition: Penguin Books Uk
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 01.08.2013
• EAN: 9781846140891
• ISBN: 978-1-84614-089-1
• Pages: 478
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 22 mm
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Général, dictionnaires; European History, British Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / World, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, Colonialism & imperialism, British & Irish history, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history