The Resource The decline and fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997, Piers Brendon
The decline and fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997, Piers Brendon
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- Summary
- After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared doomed. But over the next 150 years it grew to become the greatest and most diverse empire the world has ever seen--from Canada to Australia to China, India, and Egypt--seven times larger than the Roman Empire at its apogee. Yet it was also fundamentally weak, as Piers Brendon shows in this panoramic chronicle. Run from a tiny island base, it operated on a shoestring with the help of local elites. It enshrined a belief in freedom that would fatally undermine its authority. Spread too thin, and facing wars, economic crises, and domestic discord, the empire would vanish almost as quickly as it appeared. Within a generation, it collapsed, sometimes amid bloodshed, leaving unfinished business in Rhodesia, the Falklands, and Hong Kong. Above all, it left a contested legacy: at best, a sporting spirit, a legal code, and a near-universal language; at worst, failed states and internecine strife.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xxii, 786 p., [24] p. of plates
- Note
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- Maps on endpapers
- "Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, London"--T.p. verso
- Isbn
- 9780307268297
- Label
- The decline and fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997
- Title
- The decline and fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997
- Statement of responsibility
- Piers Brendon
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared doomed. But over the next 150 years it grew to become the greatest and most diverse empire the world has ever seen--from Canada to Australia to China, India, and Egypt--seven times larger than the Roman Empire at its apogee. Yet it was also fundamentally weak, as Piers Brendon shows in this panoramic chronicle. Run from a tiny island base, it operated on a shoestring with the help of local elites. It enshrined a belief in freedom that would fatally undermine its authority. Spread too thin, and facing wars, economic crises, and domestic discord, the empire would vanish almost as quickly as it appeared. Within a generation, it collapsed, sometimes amid bloodshed, leaving unfinished business in Rhodesia, the Falklands, and Hong Kong. Above all, it left a contested legacy: at best, a sporting spirit, a legal code, and a near-universal language; at worst, failed states and internecine strife.--From publisher description
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Brendon, Piers
- Dewey number
- 909.0971241
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DA16
- LC item number
- .B675 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Great Britain
- Commonwealth countries
- Commonwealth (Organization)
- Imperialism
- Great Britain
- Label
- The decline and fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997, Piers Brendon
- Note
-
- Maps on endpapers
- "Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, London"--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [665]-759) and index
- Control code
- ocn215177421
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xxii, 786 p., [24] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307268297
- Lccn
- 2008014192
- Other physical details
- ill., col. maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o215177421
- (OCoLC)215177421
- Label
- The decline and fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997, Piers Brendon
- Note
-
- Maps on endpapers
- "Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, London"--T.p. verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [665]-759) and index
- Control code
- ocn215177421
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xxii, 786 p., [24] p. of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307268297
- Lccn
- 2008014192
- Other physical details
- ill., col. maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o215177421
- (OCoLC)215177421
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