1st Edition

The British Empire at its Zenith

By A. J. Christopher Copyright 1988
276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

276 Pages
by Routledge

This title, originally published in 1988, examines the network of states and the political and economic systems which bound the British Empire together. This book examines each country and how the empire made its mark in the shape of urban form, public buildings and rural land patterns. An overall assessment of the Imperial heritage is attempted as a pointer to the unity which existed between the... Read more

List of Figures;  List of Tables;  Preface;  Introduction;  1. Overview  2. The Metropole  3. Linkages  4. The Colonial Bases of Power  5. Settler Cities  6. Colonial Cities  7. The Rural Division of Land  8. European Farmlands  9. Imperial Landscapes;  Bibliography;  Index

Biography

A. J. Christopher