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The world's first superpower : the rise of the British Empire from 1497 to 1901

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  • Author: Judd, Denis
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2011
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    Copyrighted
    2004
    Summary:

    In this course, London Metropolitan University British and Commonwealty history professor Denis Judd will examine the growth and development of the largest empire in world history--the British Empire--beginning with the late 15th-century Tudor dynasty in England and ending with the death of the Queen-Empress Victoria in 1901.

    Contents:
    • The Tudor Empire from the discovery of Newfoundland to the Founding of Virginia and the death of Elizabeth I
    • Colonies in the New World
    • The British in India, c. 1600-1815
    • The American Revolution and the Restructured Empire
    • Australia and New Zealand: Convicts, settlers, and self-government
    • Ireland: Mother country of exploited British colony?
    • The Canadian crisis and the spread of internal colonial self-government
    • Trade and dominion
    • The profits and commerce of empire
    • The British Raj, 1815 to 1905: The High Noon of empire in India
    • The Suez Canal, Egypt, Sudan, and the Middle East
    • The partition of Africa: Opening up the "Dark Continent"
    • Empire builders and empire critics
    • Conflict and war in South Africa
    • Hurrah for the Jubilee! Queen Victoria's 1897 Diamond Jubilee and the meanining of empire.
    Genre:
    History and geography
    Subject(s): History | Imperialism
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, Md., [Prince Frederick, Md.], Recorded Books, [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781461820604