The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire: British Overseas Enterprise to the Close of...

The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire: British Overseas Enterprise to the Close of...
ISBN-10
0198205627
ISBN-13
9780198205623
Category
History
Pages
554
Language
English
Published
1998-05-28
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Author
Nicholas Canny

Description

The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. Volume I 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.

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