The Decline, Revival and Fall of the British Empire
Subtitle: The Ford Lectures and Other Essays
Contributors: Anil Seal (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 29, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780521891042
Subjects: World history: c 1750 to c 1900; World history: from c 1900 -; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; History: World; History; History - General History; British Empire; Renaissance; History / Renaissance
First sentence: IT ought to be a commonplace that Great Britain during the nineteenth century expanded overseas by means of 'informal empire' as much as by acquiring dominion in the strict constitutional sense.