Three victories and a defeat : the rise and fall of the first British Empire, 1714-1783 /: the rise and fall of the first British Empire, 1714-1783. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Brendan Simms.
• Other Names: Simms, Brendan
• Contents: A Part of the Main: England in Europe, 1558-1697 -- Marlborough Country: Britain and the Empire, 1697-1714 -- Imperial Restoration, 1714-1715 -- Britain's New European Empire, 1716-1717 -- Preventive War in the Mediterranean and the Baltic, 1718-1719 -- A Protestant Empire, 1721-1724 -- Return of Charles V, 1725-1726 -- The Resurgence of France, 1727-1732 -- Imperial Retreat, 1733-1736 -- The Colonial Mirage, 1737-1739 -- Imperial Isolation, 1740-1742 -- The Empires Strike Back, 1742-1745 -- The American Empire Restores the Balance in the German Empire, 1745-1748 -- Imperial Pre-emptions, 1748-1752 -- Transferring the Seat of Empire? 1753-1756 -- The Imperial Missions of William Pitt, 1757-1759 -- An Island Once Again, 1760-1763 -- Imperial Retrenchments, 1763-1765 -- Imperial Pre-emptions, 1765-1767 -- Empire Adrift, 1768-1772 -- Fighting for Europe in America, 1773-1777 -- Losing America in Europe, 1778-1779 -- The Partition of Britain, 1780-1783.
• Publisher Details: London : Penguin
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (832 pages)
• Subjects: 941.07; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism; British colonies; Diplomatic relations; HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century; Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900; Great Britain -- History -- George I, 1714-1727; Great Britain -- History -- George II, 1727-1760; Great Britain -- History -- 1760-1789; Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1714-1837; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Germany; Germany -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain; Germany; Great Britain; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780141907376; 0141907371
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