The Ideological Origins of the British Empire (Ideas in Context)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: September 4, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780521789783
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Imperialism; Political Science; History - General History; Politics/International Relations; Europe - Great Britain - General; History & Theory - General; World - Colonial Studies; Great Britain--Colonies--History; Political Science / History & Theory
First sentence: By the second quarter of the eighteenth century, the British Empire comprehended the United Kingdom of great Britain, Ireland, the islands of the Caribbean and the British mainland colonies of North America.