The Eighteenth Century

Klappentext
Continuing Oxford's five-volume comprehensive history of the British Empire, Volume II examines the history of British expansion from the Glorious Revolution of 1689 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a crucial phase in the creation of the modern British Empire. 13 maps.

Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Contributors; List of Maps; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. British Diaspora: Emigration from Britain 1680-1815; 3. Inseparable Connections: Trade, Economy, Fiscal State, and the Expansion of Empire 1688-1815; 4. The Imperial Economy 1700-1776; 5. The Anointed, the Appointed, and the Elected: Governance of the British Empire 1689-1784; 6. Religious Faith and Commercial Empire; 7. Colonial Wars and Imperial Instability 1688-1793; 8. Sea-Power and Empire 1688-1793; 9. World-Wide War and British Expansion 1793-1815; 10. Empire and Identity from the Glorious Revolution to the American Revolution; 11. Knowledge and Empire; 12. 'This Famous Island Set in a Virginian Sea': Ireland in the British Empire 1690-1801; 13. Growth and Mastery: British North America 1690-1748; 14. The American Colonies in War and Revolution 1748-1783; 15. Britain and the Reovlutionary Crisis 1763-1791; 16. Native Peoples of North America and the Eighteenth-Century British Empire; 17. British North America; 18. The Formation of Caribbean Plantation Society 1689-1748; 19. The British West Indies in the Age of Abolition 1748-1815; 20. The British Empire and the Atlantic Slave Trade 1660-1807; 21. The Black Experience in the British Empire 1680-1810; 22. The British in Asia: Trade to Dominion 1700-1765; 23. Indian Society and the Establishment of British Supremacy 1765-1818; 24. British India 1765-1813: The Metropolitan Context; 25. The Pacific: Exploration and Exploitation; 26. Britain without America; A Second Empire?; Chronology; Index



Review from previous edition readers can be assured of solid summaries of the state-of-play on the various specialist topics covered. This is a fine volume that gives British imperial historians plenty to consider.

Autorentext
P. J. Marshall is Emeritus Professor of Imperial History at the University of London.

Klappentext
Continuing Oxford's five-volume comprehensive history of the British Empire, Volume II examines the history of British expansion from the Glorious Revolution of 1689 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a crucial phase in the creation of the modern British Empire. 13 maps.

Zusammenfassung
Examines the history of British worldwide expansion from the Glorious Revolution of 1689 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a crucial phase in the creation of the modern British Empire.

Inhalt
List of Contributors; List of Maps; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations
1: P. J. Marshall: Introduction
2: James Horn: British Diaspora: Emigration from Britain 1680-1815
3: Patrick K. O'Brien: Inseparable Connections: Trade, Economy, Fiscal State, and the Expansion of Empire 1688-1815
4: Jacob M. Price: The Imperial Economy 1700-1776
5: Ian K. Steele: The Anointed, the Appointed, and the Elected: Governance of the British Empire 1689-1784
6: Boyd Stanley Schlenther: Religious Faith and Commercial Empire
7: Bruce P. Lenman: Colonial Wars and Imperial Instability 1688-1793
8: N. A. M. Rodger: Sea-Power and Empire 1688-1793
9: Michael Duffy: World-Wide War and British Expansion 1793-1815
10: Jack P. Greene: Empire and Identity from the Glorious Revolution to the American Revolution
11: Richard Drayton: Knowledge and Empire
12: Thomas Bartlett: `This Famous Island Set in a Virginian Sea': Ireland in the British Empire 1690-1801
13: Richard R. Johnson: Growth and Mastery: British North America 1690-1748
14: John Shy: The American Colonies in War and Revolution 1748-1783
15: Stephen Conway: Britain and the Reovlutionary Crisis 1763-1791
16: Daniel K. Richter: Native Peoples of North America and the Eighteenth-Century British Empire
17: Peter Marshall: British North America
18: Richard B. Sheridan: The Formation of Caribbean Plantation Society 1689-1748
19: J. R. Ward: The British West Indies in the Age of Abolition 1748-1815
20: David Richardson: The British Empire and the Atlantic Slave Trade 1660-1807
21: Philip D. Morgan: The Black Experience in the British Empire 1680-1810
22: P. J. Marshall: The British in Asia: Trade to Dominion 1700-1765
23: Rajat Kanta Ray: Indian Society and the Establishment of British Supremacy 1765-1818
24: J. V. Bowen: British India 1765-1813: The Metropolitan Context
25: Glyndwr Williams: The Pacific: Exploration and Exploitation
26: P. J. Marshall: Britain without America; A Second Empire?
Chronology; Index

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