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The inner life of empires : an eighteenth-century history /
"They were abolitionists, speculators, slave owners, government officials, and occasional politicians. They were observers of the anxieties and dramas of empire. And they were from one family. The Inner Life of Empires tells the intimate history of the Johnstones--four sisters and seven brother...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton ; Oxford :
Princeton University Press,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: IDEAS AND SENTIMENTS; CHAPTER ONE: SETTING OUT; CHAPTER TWO: COMING HOME; CHAPTER THREE: ENDING AND LOSS; CHAPTER FOUR: ECONOMIC LIVES; CHAPTER FIVE: EXPERIENCES OF EMPIRE; CHAPTER SIX: WHAT IS ENLIGHTENMENT?; CHAPTER SEVEN: HISTORIES OF SENTIMENTS; CHAPTER EIGHT: OTHER PEOPLE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; APPENDIX; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES; MAPS; INDEX.