Imperial Meridian: The British Empire and the World, 1780-1830In this impressive and ambitious survey Dr Bayly studies the rise, apogee and decline of what has come to be called `the Second British Empire' -- the great expansion of British dominion overseas (particularly in Asia and the Middle East) during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic era that, coming between the loss of America and the subsequent partition of Africa, constitutes the central phase of British imperial history. |
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Crisis and Reorganisation in Muslim Asia | 35 |
War Empire and the Colonies of 1 | 75 |
Britains New Imperial Age | 100 |
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| Title | Imperial Meridian: The British Empire and the World, 1780-1830 Pitman Research Notes in Mathematics Series Studies in modern history |
| Author | Christopher Alan Bayly |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Longman, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0582042879, 9780582042872 |
| Length | 295 pages |
| Subjects | › History / General |
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