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Building better Britains? : settler societies within the British empire, 1783-1920 /
"The effects of empires, as well as their lingering presence in today's world, have become a major preoccupation for scholars in the early twentieth-first century academy. The British Empire is of particular focus because of the rapidity and range of British imperial expansion over this pe...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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North York, Ontario :
University of Toronto Press,
[2017]
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| Colección: | International themes and issues (Toronto, Ont.) ;
v. 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The effects of empires, as well as their lingering presence in today's world, have become a major preoccupation for scholars in the early twentieth-first century academy. The British Empire is of particular focus because of the rapidity and range of British imperial expansion over this period. This short book looks at the spread of settler colonies within the British Empire over the course of the 19th century, specifically those in New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, and Australia."-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxvii, 202 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-189) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781442607538 144260753X 9781442607545 1442607548 |