Imperial island
Subtitle: a history of Britain and its empire, 1688-1837
By: Paul Monod.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 429
ISBN-13: 9781405134446; 9781405134453
Subjects: Imperialism -- History -- 18th century; Imperialism -- History -- 19th century; Great Britain -- History -- 1689-1714; Great Britain -- History -- 1714-1837; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1689-1714; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1714-1837
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nations, lands, peoples; title: Nations and kingdoms; title: Landscapes in motion; title: Knowing one's place; title: Party strife and revolution, 1660-1689; title: The culture of politics; title: Preserving the constitution; title: A disjointed empire; title: The legacy of revolution, 1689-1722; title: The fortunes of war, 1689-1710; title: The crisis of the Hanoverian succession, 1710-1722; title: Art, science and politics; title: State and empire, 1722-1760; title: Whigs and patriots, 1722-1760; title: Polite society and its discontents; title: An empire emerging; title: The fall of the first British empire, 1760-1784; title: The patriot king, 1760-1770; title: The American crisis, 1770-1784; title: The wealth of a nation; title: Britain against revolution, 1784-1815; title: The nation preserved, 1784-1815; title: Remaking the empire; title: Enlightened culture; title: A new order begins, 1815-1837; title: The state reformed, 1815-1837; title: A class society; title: Imperial portraits.