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Author
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 Brendon, Piers.
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Title
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The decline and fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 / Piers Brendon.
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Edition
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1st American ed.
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Imprint
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
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Description
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xxii, 786 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.
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Erie North Library DA16 .B675 2008 Regular Loan
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Gen. note
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Maps on endpapers.
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"Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, London"--T.p. verso.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [665]-759) and index.
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Contents
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The world that turned upside down: The American Revolution and slave trade -- An English barrack in the Oriental seas: Britannia’s Indian Empire -- Exempt from the disaster of caste: Australia, Canada, and New Zealand -- To stop is dangerous, to recede, ruin: The Far East and Afghanistan -- Sacred wrath: Irish famine and Indian mutiny -- Spread the peaceful gospel - with the Maxim gun: Towards conquest in Africa -- A magnificent empire under the British flag: Cape to Cairo -- Barbarian thundering at the frontiers: The Boer War and the Indian Raj -- The empire, right or wrong: Flanders, Iraq, Gallipoli, and Vimy Ridge -- Aflame with the hope of liberation: Ireland and the Middle East -- Englishmen like posing as gods: West and East -- White mates black in a very few moves: Kenya and the Sudan -- Spinning the destiny of India: The route to independence -- That is the end of the British Empire: Singapore and Burma -- The aim of labour is to save the empire: Ceylon and Malaya -- A golden bowl full of scorpions: The Holy Land -- The destruction of national will: Suez invasion and Aden evacuation -- Renascent Africa: The Gold Coast of Africa and Nigeria -- Uhuru - freedom: Kenya and the Mau Mau -- Kith and kin: Rhodesia and the Central African Federation -- Rocks and islands: The West Indies and Cyprus -- All our pomp of yesterday: The Falklands and Hong Kong.
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Corporate Subject
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Commonwealth (Organization) -- History.
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Subject
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.
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Commonwealth countries -- History.
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Imperialism -- History.
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Great Britain -- Civilization.
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URL Link
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Publisher description
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Sample text
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Table of contents only
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ISBN
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9780307268297
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0307268292
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000139782
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