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Unfinished empire

Tracing the British Empire's beginnings and decline and its extraordinary range of forms of rule, from settler colonies to island enclaves, a one-volume history of Britain's imperium reveals how the modern world came into being.

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  • "The global expansion of Britain"
  • "Ying guo de quan qiu kuo zhang"
  • "Yingguo de quan qiu kuo zhang"
  • "Global expansion of Britain"
  • "英國的全球擴張"

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  • "Hauptbeschreibung Englische Piraten in der Karibik, ""Rotröcke"" in den nordamerikanischen Kolonien, reiche ""Nabobs"" in Indien, fromme Missionare in Afrika, ans Ende der Welt verbannte Sträflinge in Australien, Marinesoldaten auf den Schiffen der Royal Navy - auch auf ihren Schultern ruhte das Weltreich, das Großbritannien ab dem 17. Jahrhundert im Dienste Ihrer Majestät errichtete. Auf seinem Höhepunkt um 1900 umfasste dieses riesige Gebilde ein Viertel der Menschen und der Landmasse der Erde. Doch wie gelang es den Briten überhaupt, ihr Empire aufzubauen? Wie beherrschten und ve."
  • "Tracing the British Empire's beginnings and decline and its extraordinary range of forms of rule, from settler colonies to island enclaves, a one-volume history of Britain's imperium reveals how the modern world came into being."@en
  • "The enormous influence of the British Empire cannot be escaped. It has shaped the world in countless ways, repopulating continents, carving out nations, imposing its language, technology and values. For perhaps two centuries its existence, expansion, and final collapse could be seen as the single largest determinant of historical events."@en
  • "The enormous influence of the British Empire cannot be escaped. It has shaped the world in countless ways, repopulating continents, carving out nations, imposing its language, technology and values. For perhaps two centuries its existence, expansion, and final collapse could be seen as the single largest determinant of historical events."
  • "Offers the historical analysis of how the British Empire worked. This title shows how diverse, contradictory and in many ways chaotic the British Empire really was, controlled by interests that were often at loggerheads, and as much driven on by others' weaknesses as by its own strength."

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  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Geschiedenis (vorm)"

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  • "Das unvollendete Weltreich Aufstieg und Niedergang des Britischen Empire ; 1600-1997"
  • "Unfinished empire"@en
  • "Das unvollendete Weltreich Aufstieg und Niedergand des Britischen Empire 1600 - 1997"
  • "Unfinished empire : The global expansion of Britain"
  • "Wei jing de di guo : Yingguo de quan qiu kuo zhang"
  • "˜Dasœ unvollendete Weltreich Aufstieg und Niedergang des Britischen Empire ; 1600 - 1997"
  • "Das unvollendete Weltreich Aufstieg und Niedergang des Britischen Empire 1600-1997"
  • "Unfinished empire : the global expansion of Britain"@en
  • "Unfinished empire : the global expansion of Britain"
  • "未竟的帝國 : 英國的全球擴張"
  • "Unfinished empire the global expansion of Britain"
  • "Das unvollendete Weltreich : Aufstieg und Niedergang des Britischen Empire 1600-1997"
  • "Wei jing de di guo : ying guo de quan qiu kuo zhang"

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