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Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain

By: Publication details: United Kingdom; Penguin Books Ltd; 2013Description: 496 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9781846140891
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909.09
Summary: A both controversial and comprehensive historical analysis of how the British Empire worked, from Wolfson Prize-winning author and historian John Darwin The British Empire shaped the world in countless ways: repopulating continents, carving out nations, imposing its own language, technology and values. For perhaps two centuries its expansion and final collapse were the single largest determinant of historical events, and it remains surrounded by myth, misconception and controversy today. John Darwin's provocative and richly enjoyable book 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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Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi In Store 909.09 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn Not For Loan Book Bazaar PKLC001405
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore In Store 909.09 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn For Sale PKLC011203
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A both controversial and comprehensive historical analysis of how the British Empire worked, from Wolfson Prize-winning author and historian John Darwin The British Empire shaped the world in countless ways: repopulating continents, carving out nations, imposing its own language, technology and values. For perhaps two centuries its expansion and final collapse were the single largest determinant of historical events, and it remains surrounded by myth, misconception and controversy today. John Darwin's provocative and richly enjoyable book 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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