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Empire: The British Imperial Experience, from 1765 to the Present

Empire: The British Imperial Experience, from 1765 to the Present

by Denis Judd (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

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Synopsis

The British Empire radically altered the modern world. At its height, it governed over a quarter of the human race, and encompassed more than a fifth of the globe. As well as providing the British people with profits and a sense on international purpose, the Empire afforded them the opportunity to create new lives for themselves through migration and settlement. For those it dominated and controlled, the Empire often represented arbitrary power, gunboat diplomacy, the disruption of local customs and government by a distant and sometimes coldly unsympathetic administration. Yet while it rested ultimately upon military force and direct rule, the Empire also pulsated with ideals of freedom, democracy, and even equality.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 544
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 15 Nov 2001
ISBN 10: 1842124986
ISBN 13: 9781842124987
Book Overview: 'An indispensable one-volume source' John Keegan. 'Excellent...makes compelling reading' Andrew Roberts 'Wonderfully ambitious...a pungent and attractive survey of the British Empire from 1765 to the present' Linda Colley, LRB. 'The best general history on the subject now available' Frank McLynn 'An excellent book...The treatment by Professor Judd cannot be faulted...[he] comes to balanced and sensible conclusions...He also gives an admirable chronology' Robert Blake, The Times. Fully updated by the author to take account of recent events such as the handover of Hong Kong and the Good Friday Agreement.

Author Bio
Denis Judd is Professor of British Imperial and Commonwealth History at the University of North London. He appears frequently on radio and is a regular reviewer for most national newspapers and literary journals.