Product details

Format:

Paperback

Language of text:

English

Isbn-13:

9780199246762, 978-0199246762

Author:

Nicholas P. Canny

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Series:

The Oxford History of the British Empire, Oxford History of the British Empire

Imprint:

Oxford University Press

Publication date:

2001-07-26

Pages:

560

Product dimensions:

158.75mm (w) x 234.95mm (h) x 31.75mm (d)

Overview

Volume I of the Oxford History of the British Empire explores the origins of empire. It shows how and why England, and later Britain, became involved with transoceanic navigation, trade, and settlement during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The chapters, by leading historians, both illustrate the interconnections between developments in Europe and overseas and offer specialist studies on every part of the world that was substantially affected by British colonial activity. As late as 1630, involvement with regions beyond the traditional confines of Europe was still tentative; by 1690 it had

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