| The Ideological Origins of the British Empire Contributor(s): Armitage, David (Author), Skinner, Quentin (Editor), Tully, James (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521590817 ISBN-13: 9780521590815 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2000 Annotation: David Armitage presents the first comprehensive history of British conceptions of empire for half a century, tracing the emergence of British imperial identity from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-eighteenth centuries. This book sheds new light on major British political thinkers, from Sir Thomas Smith to David Hume, by providing novel accounts of the "British problem" in the early modern period, of the relationship between Protestantism and empire, of theories of property, liberty and political economy in imperial perspective, and of the imperial contribution to the emergence of the British identity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | World - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 325.341 |
| LCCN: 99087438 |
| Lexile Measure: 1830 |
| Series: Ideas in Context |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.21 lbs) 258 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |