Ebook: British imperialism: 1688-2015

Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of tables and maps; Extracts from reviews; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the third edition; Note on sources; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Foreword The continuing debate on empire; PART ONE Introduction, 1688-1914; 1 The problem and the context; The historiographical setting; The argument; Gentility and the market; The evolution of the gentlemanly order; The manufacturing interest; The terms of the trade: expansion and imperialism; Ideology and methodology; Conclusion.