The making and unmaking of empires : Britain, India, and America, c. 1750-1783 /
P.J. Marshall deals with a crucial period in the history of the British empire in trying to explain how the British at the same time lost an empire in North America, while winning one in parts of India. He shows that British objectives were much the same all over the world.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | P.J. Marshall deals with a crucial period in the history of the British empire in trying to explain how the British at the same time lost an empire in North America, while winning one in parts of India. He shows that British objectives were much the same all over the world. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (400 pages) : maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199226665 0199226660 0191551570 9780191551574 |