The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume III
Subtitle: The Nineteenth Century (Oxford History of the British Empire)
Contributors: Andrew Porter (Editor); Alaine Low (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: November 25, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 796
ISBN-13: 9780198205654
First sentence: At the end of the eighteenth century Britain already stood alongside France, Russia, the Chinese and the Turkish empires, as one of the world's principal states.