Elites, Enterprise and the Making of the British Overseas Empire1688-1775

Bowen, H.

This book examines the cultural, economic, and social forces that shaped the development of the British empire in the eighteenth century. The empire is placed in a broad historiographical context informed by important recent work on the 'fiscal-military state', and 'gentlemanly capitalism'. This allows the empire to be seen not as a series of discrete, unconnected geographical regions scattered across the world, but as a commercial, cultural, and social body with its roots very firmly planted in metropolitan society.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1996-07-24

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333622087

DOI: 10.1057/9780230390195

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 257