282 Pages
30 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
282 Pages
30 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
282 Pages
30 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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The British Empire: Sunrise to Sunset is a broad survey of the history of the British Empire from its beginnings to its demise that offers a comprehensive analysis of what life was like under colonial rule, weaving the everyday stories of people living through the experience of colonialism into the bigger picture of empire.
The experience of the British Empire was not limited to what happened... Read more
List of figures
List of maps
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Preface to the third edition
Acknowledgements
1. Uniting the kingdom
2. Slaves, merchants and trade
3. Settling the ‘New World’
4. After America
5. Britain in India
6. Global growth
7. Ruling an empire
8. Being ruled
9. Gender and sexuality
10. Contesting empire
11. Decolonisation
Chronology of British Empire
Index
Biography
Philippa Levine holds the Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin, United States. A native of Britain, she is the author of a number of books about Britain and the Empire as well as the history of prostitution and of eugenics.
