Britain's Colonial Wars, 1688-1783 / Edition 1

by Bruce Lenman

Overview

From Europe to India and America, Britain's Colonial Wars relates empire to the fortunes of war. In less than a century, between the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the settlement following the War of the American Revolution, the modern British state was born. This penetrating new analysis questions the centrality of the colonial enterprise to Westminster policy-makers obsessed with European issues, and explains how the impact of their strategies necessarily shaped the destiny of a multi-national and incoherent empire beyond the shores of Europe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780582424012
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/12/2001
Series:	Modern Wars In Perspective
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Bruce Lenman

Table of Contents

List of Maps Acknowledgements Introduction: Colonies, identities, Marx and Mars PART ONE. THE ENGLISH NATION AND THE RISE OF IMPERIAL BRITAIN TO 1760 PART TWO. THE STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF IMPERIAL FUTURES AND THE FINAL FISSURING OF THE ENGLISHRY 1760-1783 Conclusion: Tides of empire and fortunes of war Further reading Index

Editorial Reviews

'both books deserve attention, not least because they bring military history back into the mainstream and demonstrate the centrality of conquest to the development of western Europe...'Trevor Royle, Sunday Herald 'vigorously inconoclastic...It is hard to imagine any reader who will not find his or her views challenged by Lenman's robust and splendidly unpredictable views'Professor Peter Marshall, Reviews in History 'Lenman has not only written an excellent survey of eighteenth century colonial wars, he has shown how this subject can be tackled'George Boyce, University of Wales, Swansea, H-Net Reviews

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