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Three victories and a defeat : the rise and fall of the first British Empire, 1714-1783

Title
Three victories and a defeat : the rise and fall of the first British Empire, 1714-1783 / Brendan Simms.
Author
Simms, Brendan.
Publication
New York : Basic Books, 2009.

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Description
xvii, 802 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (685-725) and index.
Contents
I. Imperial Apprenticeship -- 1. A Part of the Main: England in Europe, 1558-1697 -- 2. Marlborough Country: Britain and the Empire, 1697-1714 -- II. Imperial Opportunities -- 3. Imperial Restoration, 1714-1715 -- 4. Britain's New European Empire, 1716-1717 -- 5. Preventive War in the Mediterranean and the Baltic, 1718-1719 -- III. Imperial Challenges -- 6. A Protestant Empire, 1721-1724 -- 7. The Return of Charles V, 1725-1726 -- 8. The Resurgence of France, 1727-1732 -- IV. Imperial Visions -- 9. Imperial Retreat, 1733-1736 -- 10. The Colonial Mirage, 1737-1739 -- 11. Imperial Isolation, 1740-1742 -- V. Imperial Recovery -- 12. The Empires Strike Back, 1742-1745 -- 13. The American Empire Restores the Balance in the German Empire, 1745-1748 -- 14. Imperial Pre-emptions, 1748-1752 -- VI. Imperial Triumph -- 15. Transferring the Seat of Empire? 1753-1756 -- 16. The Imperial Missions of William Pitt, 1757-1759 -- 17. An Island Once Again, 1760-1763 -- VII. Imperial Hubris -- 18. Imperial Retrenchments, 1763-1765 -- 19. Imperial Pre-emptions, 1765-1767 -- 20. Empire Adrift, 1768-1772 -- VIII. Imperial Nemesis -- 21. Fighting for Europe in America, 1773-1777 -- 22. Losing America in Europe, 1778-1779 -- 23. The Partition of Britain, 1780-1783.
ISBN
  • 9780465013326
  • 0465013325
  • 9780713994261 (British hardback)
  • 0713994266 (British hardback)
  • 9780140289848 (British pbk.)
  • 0140289844 (British pbk.)
LCCN
2008930854
OCLC
  • ocn230193500
  • 230193500
  • SCSB-13970838
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries