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The British Isles : a history of four nations /

Hugh Kearney's classic account of the history of the British Isles from pre-Roman times to the present is distinguished by its treatment of English history as part of a wider 'history of four nations'. Not only focusing on England, it attempts to deal with the histories of Wales, Irel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kearney, Hugh F., 1924-2017
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Edición:Canto Classics edition, second edition.
Colección:Canto classics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The Celtic societies of the British Isles
  • 2. The impact of Rome on the British Isles
  • 3. The post-Roman centuries
  • 4. The Vikings and the fall of the Old Order
  • 5. The Norman and post-Norman ascendancy
  • 6. The decline of the post-Norman empire
  • 7. The making of an English empire
  • 8. The remaking of an empire
  • 9. The Britannic melting pot
  • 10. The rise of ethnic politics
  • 11. Between the wars
  • 12. Withdrawal from empire
  • 13. Post-imperial Britain: post-nationalist Ireland.