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Making the British Empire, 1660–1800

Jason Peacey editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Manchester University Press

Published:12th Jun '20

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This collection offers a timely reappraisal of the origins and nature of the first British empire, in response to the ‘cultural turn’ in historical scholarship and the ‘new imperial history’. It addresses topics that have been neglected in recent literature, providing a series of political and institutional perspective; at the same time it recognises the importance of developments across the empire, not least in terms of how they affected imperial ‘policy’ and its implementation. It analyses a range of contemporary debates and ideas – political and intellectual as well as religious and administrative – relating to political economy, legal geography and sovereignty, as well as the messy realities of the imperial project, including the costs and losses of empire, collectively and individually.

'This interesting volume is an important contribution to the history of the first British Empire and one that richly deserves attention... There will be a lot of interest in this volume for specialists considering the roles of trade and other factors in early British imperialism.'
Journal of British Studies

ISBN: 9780719088568

Dimensions: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm

Weight: 517g

216 pages