The British Empire at Its Zenith
- ISBN-10
- 0709934181
- ISBN-13
- 9780709934189
- Category
- History / Europe / Great Britain / General
- Pages
- 260
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Croom Helm
- Author
- A. J. Christopher
Description
Looks at the network of states and the political and economic systems which bound the 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.
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