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Product details
- ISBN 9781405134446
- Weight: 934g
- Dimensions: 180 x 254mm
- Publication Date: 13 Mar 2009
- Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Imperial Island: A History of Britain and its Empire, 1660-1837 is a comprehensive account of Great Britain's imperial path from the Stuart Restoration of 1660 to its emergence as a dominant global superpower.
- Suitable for students with no prior knowledge of British history
- Organized to help students and instructors: comprises 21 thematic chapters set within a clear, chronological framework
- Includes over 30 illustrations and maps to help orient the reader
- Addresses the new generation of American and British students that are interested in global, environmental, and cultural history
Paul Kléber Monod holds the Barton Hepburn Chair in History at Middlebury College. He is the author of Jacobitism and the English People, 1688-1788 (1989); The Power of Kings: Monarchy and Religion in Europe, 1588-1714 (1999); and The Murder of Mr. Grebell: Madness and Civility in an English Town (2003).
