The ideological origins of the British Empire

The ideological origins of the British Empire / David Armitage.

David Armitage makes an outstanding contribution with this history of British conceptions of empire from the 1540s to the 1740s. He sheds new light on major British political thinkers, and the relationship between Protestantism and empire, theories of property, liberty and political economy, and the...

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Main Author: Armitage, David, 1965-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
Series:Ideas in context ; 59.
Subjects:
Commonwealth
Political science > Great Britain > History.
Imperialism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
Imperialism
British colonies
Political science
Kolonie
Kolonialismus
Imperialismus
Imperialisme.
Ideologie.
Great Britain > Colonies > History.
Great Britain
Großbritannien
History
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:David Armitage makes an outstanding contribution with this history of British conceptions of empire from the 1540s to the 1740s. He sheds new light on major British political thinkers, and the relationship between Protestantism and empire, theories of property, liberty and political economy, and the emergence of the British identity. Winner of the History Today Book of the Year prize for 2000.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 239 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-229) and index.
ISBN:0511039891
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Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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