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Zusatztext Fresh... important, interesting as well as judicious, thoughtful as well as scholarly. Throughout, this is an important and thought-provoking volume. Informationen zum Autor Nicholas Canny is Professor of History at University College, Galway. Klappentext Volume I of the Oxford History of the British Empire explores the origins of empire. It shows how and why England, and later Britain, became involved with transoceanic navigation, trade, and settlement during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The chapters, by leading historians, both illustrate the interconnections between developments in Europe and overseas and offer specialist studies on every part of the world that was substantially affected by British colonial activity. As late as 1630 involvement with regions beyond the traditional confines of Europe was still tentative; by 1690 it had become a firm commitment. series blurb The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. It deals with the interaction of British and non-western societies from the Elizabethan era to the late twentieth century, aiming to provide a balanced treatment of the ruled as well as the rulers, and to take into account the significance of the Empire for the peoples of the British Isles. It explores economic and social trends as well as political. Zusammenfassung Assessing the British Empire in the light of scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records, this volume explores the origins of empire. It shows how and why England, and later Britain, became involved with transoceanic navigation, trade, and settlement during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Nicholas Canny: The Origins of Empire: An Introduction 2: Anthony Pagden: The Struggle for Legitimacy and the Image of Empire in the Atlantic to c.1700 3: John Appleby: War, Politics, and Colonization 1558-1625 4: N. A. M. Rodger: Guns and Sails in the First Phase of English Colonization 1500-1650 5: Jane Ohlmeyer: `Civilizing of those Rude Partes': Colonization within Britain and Ireland 1580s-1640s 6: Nicholas Canny: England's New Word and the Old 1480s-1630s 7: James Horn: Tobacco Colonies: The Shaping of English Society in the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake 8: Virginia DeJohn Anderson: New England in the Seventeenth Century 9: Hilary McD. Beckles: The Hub of Empire: The Caribbean and Britain in the Seventeenth Century 10: P. E. H. Hair: The English in Western Africa to 1700 11: P. J. Marshall: The English in Asia to 1700 12: David Armitage: Literature and Empire 13: Michael Braddick: The English Government, War, Trade, and Settlement 1625-1688 14: T. C. Barnard: New Opportunities for British Settlement: Ireland 1650-1700 15: Peter C. Mancall: Native Americans and Europeans in English America 1500-1700 16: Ned Landsman: The Middle Colonies: New Opportunities for Settlement 1660-1700 17: Robert Weir: `Shaftesbury's Darling': British Settlement in the Carolinas at the Close of the Seventeenth Century 18: Nuala Zahedieh: Overseas Expansion and Trade in the Seventeenth Century 19: Jonathan I. Israel: The Emerging Emprire: The Continental Perspective 1650-1715 20: Richard S. Dunn: The Glorious Revolution and America 21: G. E. Aylmer: Navy, State, Trade, and Empire ...
