Evaluating Empire and Confronting Colonialism in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Evaluating Empire and Confronting Colonialism in Eighteenth-Century Britain
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 407
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ISBN-10 : 9781107030558
ISBN-13 : 1107030552
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Download or read book Evaluating Empire and Confronting Colonialism in Eighteenth-Century Britain written by Jack P. Greene and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-29 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes how Britons celebrated and critiqued their empire during the short eighteenth century, from about 1730 to 1790. It focuses on the emergence of an early awareness of the undesirable effects of British colonialism on both overseas Britons and subaltern people in the British Empire, whether in India, the Americas, Africa, or Ireland.


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