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Imperial meridian : the British empire and the world, 1780-1830 / C.A. Bayly.
LIBRA DA16 .B36 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bayly, C. A. (Christopher Alan)
- Series:
- Studies in modern history (Longman (Firm))
- Studies in modern history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imperialism--History.
- Imperialism.
- History.
- Great Britain--Colonies--History--19th century.
- Great Britain.
- Colonies.
- Great Britain--Colonies--History--18th century.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--1760-1820.
- International relations.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--1820-1830.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 295 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Longman, 1989.
- Summary:
- In this impressive survey Dr. Bayly studies the rise, apogee and decline of what has come to be called 'the Second British Empire' - the great expansion of British dominion overseas during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic era that, coming between the loss of America and the subsequent partition of Africa, India, Java and Australasia.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages 257-273.
- ISBN:
- 0582042879
- 0582494389
- OCLC:
- 18558040
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