An Empire of Books 817824196X, 978817824196

Ten Books That Shaped the British Empire: Creating an Imperial Commons 9780822375920

Looking at ten books that shaped the modern British Empire, the contributors examine imperial classics, anticolonial blo

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Ten Books That Shaped The British Empire: Creating An Imperial Commons 0822358271, 9780822358275, 0822358131, 9780822358138

Combining insights from imperial studies and transnational book history, this provocative collection opens new vistas on

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An empire on the edge: how Britain came to fight America [1. Vintage books ed] 9780385351645

A new British account of the Boston Tea Party and the origins of the American Revolution, showing how a lethal blend of

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An Empire of the East 9781780600505

Norman Lewis was eighty-three years old when he embarked on a series of three arduous journeys into the most contentious

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Genghis: Wolf of the Plains / Birth of an Empire 9780007285341

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Books That Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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An Apocalyptic History of the Early Fatimid Empire 9780748690893

Explores the role of apocalyptic symbolism in the formation and maintenance of a medieval Islamic empire How can religi

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An Irish Empire: Aspects of Ireland and the British Empire 0719038731, 9780719038730

Imperial historians have long appreciated the interactive character of the culture and politics of the British Empire wi

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Herodian: History of the Empire, Volume II: Books 5-8 9780674995017, 0674995015

The History of Herodian (born ca. 178-179 CE) covers a period of the Roman empire from the death of the emperor Marcus A

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Tropical Visions in an Age of Empire 9780226164700

The contrast between the temperate and the tropical is one of the most enduring themes in the history of the Western geo

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