The Eighteenth Century
- ISBN-10
- 0199246777
- ISBN-13
- 9780199246779
- Series
- The Eighteenth Century
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 662
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Oxford History of the British Empire
- Authors
- Peter James Marshall, Alaine Low
Description
Continuing Oxford's five-volume comprehensive history of the British Empire, Volume II examines the history of British expansion from the Glorious Revolution of 1689 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a crucial phase in the creation of the modern British Empire. 13 maps.
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