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Elites, Enterprise, and the Making of the British Overseas Empire, 1688-1775
Elites Enterprise and the Making of the British Overseas Empire 16881775
Author: H. V. Bowen
This book examines the cultural, economic, and social forces that shaped the development of the British empire in the eighteenth century. The empire is placed in a broad historiographical context informed by important recent work on the 'fiscal-military state', and 'gentlemanly capitalism'. This allows the empire to be seen not as a series of di...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312158767
ISBN-10: 0312158769
Pages: 257
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Book Type: Hardcover
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