Three victories and a defeat : the rise and fall of the first British Empire, 1714-1783 / Brendan Simms.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simms, Brendan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--18th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Colonies--History--18th century.

Great Britain--History--George I, 1714-1727.

Great Britain--History--1760-1789.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--1714-1837.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Germany.

Germany--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (833 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Allen Lane, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Here is revisionist history at its bracing best-conceived on an epic scale and achieving originality and analytical rigor without foregoing the pleasures of narrative."-Christopher Clark

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Note on Dating and Quotations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; I. IMPERIAL APPRENTICESHIP; 1. A Part of the Main: England in Europe, 1558-1697; 2. Marlborough Country: Britain and the Empire, 1697-1714; II IMPERIAL OPPORTUNITIES; 3. Imperial Restoration, 1714-1715; 4. Britain's New European Empire, 1716-1717; 5. Preventive War in the Mediterranean and the Baltic, 1718-1719; III IMPERIAL CHALLENGES; 6. A Protestant Empire, 1721-1724; 7. The Return of Charles V, 1725-1726; 8. The Resurgence of France, 1727-1732; IV. IMPERIAL VISIONS

9. Imperial Retreat, 1733-1736; 10. The Colonial Mirage, 1737-1739; 11. Imperial Isolation, 1740-1742; V IMPERIAL RECOVERY; 12. The Empires Strike Back, 1742-1745; 13. The American Empire Restores the Balance in the German Empire, 1745-1748; 14. Imperial Pre-emptions, 1748-1752; VI IMPERIAL TRIUMPH; 15. Transferring the Seat of Empire? 1753-1756; 16. The Imperial Missions of William Pitt, 1757-1759; 17. An Island Once Again, 1760-1763; VII IMPERIAL HUBRIS; 18. Imperial Retrenchments, 1763-1765; 19. Imperial Pre-emptions, 1765-1767; 20. Empire Adrift, 1768-1772; VII IMPERIAL NEMESIS

21. Fighting for Europe in America, 1773-1777; 22. Losing America in Europe, 1778-1779; 23. The Partition of Britain, 1780-1783; Conclusion; Bibliography; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 685-725) and index.

ISBN:

0-7867-2722-5

OCLC:

301958560