The Making and Unmaking of Empires: Britain, India, and America c.1750-1783
"Every studient of empire will be informed and enlightened."--Stephen Saunders Webb,American Historical Review"A provocative and deeply researched comparative study. This book deserves careful consideration by a wide audience."--Jon Parmenter,Cornell University"P.J. Marshall is a renowned historian of the British in eighteenth century India and this synthesis of scholarship and the result of his lectures is a valuable and readable volume. It builds on his expertise on India to examine the connections between the loss of the thirteen colonies and the creation of empire in India." --History