Ten cities that made an empire
By: Tristram Hunt
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 513
ISBN-13: 9781846143250; 9780141957531; 9780141047782
Subjects: History; Cities and towns; Kolonialmacht; Metropolitan areas; Stadt; British colonies; Colonies; Imperialism; Case studies
Description: Presents an approach to Britain's imperial past through the cities that epitomised it. This book examines the stories and defining ideas of ten of the important: Boston, Bridgetown, Dublin, Cape Town, Calcutta, Hong Kong, Bombay, Melbourne, New Delhi, and twentieth-century Liverpool.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-483) and index.
Table of contents: title: Boston; title: Bridgetown; title: Dublin; title: Cape Town; title: Calcutta; title: Hong Kong; title: Bombay; title: Melbourne; title: New Delhi; title: Liverpool.