Britain in the wider world : 1603-1800 / Trevor Burnard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burnard, Trevor, 1960- author.

Series:

Countries in the early modern world.

Countries in the early modern world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--Stuarts, 1603-1714.

Great Britain.

History.

Great Britain--History--18th century.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--1603-1688.

International relations.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--1689-1714.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--18th century.

Diplomatic relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 289 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"Britain in the Wider World traces the remarkable transformation of Britain between 1603 and 1800 as it developed into a world power. At the accession of James VI and I to the throne of England in 1603, the kingdoms of England/Wales, Scotland and Ireland were united only by having a monarch in common. They had little presence in the world and were fraught with violence. Two centuries later, the consolidated state of the United Kingdom, established in 1801, was an economic powerhouse and increasingly geopolitically important, with an empire that stretched from the Americas, to Asia and to the Pacific. The book offers a fresh approach to assessing Britain's evolution, situating Britain within both imperial and Atlantic history, and examining how Britain came together politically and socially throughout the eighteenth century. In particular, it offers a detailed exploration of Britain as a fiscal-military state, able to fight major wars without bankrupting itself. Through studying patterns of political authority and gender relationships, it also stresses the constancy of fundamental features of British society, economy, and politics despite considerable internal changes. Detailed, accessibly written, and enhanced by illustrations, Britain in the Wider World is ideal for students of early modern Britain." -- Back cover.

Contents:

Britain in 1603

England enters the world, 1600-1700

British troubles, 1638-60

Making Britain, 1660-1707

Ireland

Imperial Britain, 1688-1763

War and society, 1689-1756

Britain at the accession of George III, 1760

Global victory and imperial defeat, 1756-88

The Industrial Revolution

Gender relations

A new empire?

ISBN:

1138313602

9781138313606

OCLC:

1121084368