Building Better Britains? : Settler Societies in the British World, 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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morgan, Cecilia, 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Imperialism.
British colonies.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Imperialisme > Histoire.
Imperialism > History.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Great Britain > Colonies > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > History > 18th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Colonial frontiers and contact zones : indigenous peoples and settler encounters
  • "Peopling," settling, and governing
  • Settler economies : local contexts and imperial networks
  • Creating civil society
  • Creating settler identities
  • Conclusion: better Britains?

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