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The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James Publisher Comments Great Britain's geopolitical role has undergone many changes over the last four centuries. Once a maritime superpower and ruler of half the world, Britain now occupies an isolated position as an economically fragile island often at odds with her European... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Evil Empire: 101 Ways That Britain Ruined the World by Steven A Grasse Publisher Comments In The Evil Empire, Steven A. Grasse exposes the secret history of England’s global misdeeds. He asks what few have dared to ask: Having spent the better half of the millennium turning the world into their personal litter box, where do the English... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Hardcover
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Ghosts of Empire: Britain's Legacies in the Modern World by Kwasi Kwarteng Publisher Comments Kwasi Kwarteng is the child of parents whose lives were shaped as subjects of the British Empire, first in their native Ghana, then as British immigrants. He brings a unique perspective and impeccable academic credentials to a narrative history of the... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Hardcover
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To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World by Arthur Herman Publisher Comments To Rule the Waves tells the extraordinary story of how Britain's Royal Navy allowed one nation to rise to power unprecedented in history. From its beginnings under Henry VIII and adventurers like John Hawkins and Francis Drake, the Royal Navy toppled one... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Women of the Raj: The Mothers, Wives, and Daughters of the British Empire in India by Margaret Macmillan Publisher Comments From the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Paris 1919" and "Nixon and Mao" comes this fascinating glimpse of women and Empire in 19th- and 20th-century India. Illustrated.... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Captives: Britain, Empire, and the World, 1600-1850 by Linda Colley Publisher Comments In this path-breaking book Linda Colley reappraises the rise of the biggest empire in global history. Excavating the lives of some of the multitudes of Britons held captive in the lands their own rulers sought to conquer, Colley also offers an intimate... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World (P.S.) by Arthur Herman Publisher Comments To Rule the Waves tells the extraordinary story of how the British Royal Navy allowed one nation to rise to a level of power unprecedented in history. From the navy's beginnings under Henry VIII to the age of computer warfare and special ops, historian... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age by Arthur Herman Publisher Comments In this fascinating and meticulously researched book, bestselling historian Arthur Herman sheds new light on two of the most universally recognizable icons of the 20th century, and reveals how their 40-year rivalry sealed the fate of India and the... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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Britain's Empire: Resistance, Repression and Revolt by Richard Gott Publisher Comments This revelatory new history punctures the still widely held belief that the British Empire was an enlightened and civilizing enterprise of great benefit to its subject peoples. Instead, Britain's Empire reveals a history of systemic repression and almost... (read more) Your price: $34.95 New - Hardcover
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Politics' Strangest Characters by Neil Hamilton Publisher Comments Politics' Strangest Characters is the latest offering from Robson Books' hugely successful 'Strangest' series. British political history teems with eccentrics, and as the contents of this book prove, Britain has a pre-eminent claim to the title of the... (read more) Your price: $3.48 Used - Trade Paper
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The Law and Parliament (Law in Context) by Dawn Oliver Publisher Comments The Law and Parliament is a collection of essays by leading constitutional and parliamentary experts on issues that are at the core of current debate about the changing British constitution and the sometimes difficult relationships between government and... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price: $17.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Dawning of the Raj: The Life and Trials of Warren Hastings by Jeremy Bernstein Publisher Comments Nothing in the history of empire is stranger than the creation of British rule in India, when a small European island became master of a subcontinent ranging from the Indian Ocean to the Himalayas. In the late eighteenth century the person most... (read more) List Price $37.25 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Edge of Empire: Lives, Culture, and Conquest in the East, 1750-1850 by Maya Jasanoff Publisher Comments A dramatic history of the formative years of the British Empire captures the events of the time through the lives of individuals who played a key role in the era and the objects they chose as memorials to their experiences, including a Palladian mansion... (read more) Your price: $14.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Lancashire Giant David Shackleton Labour Leader & Civil Servant by Ross M Martin Publisher Comments The Lancashire Giant tells the story of a nine-year-old cotton weaver who went on to carve out two extraordinary careers for himself. In the first, David Shackleton became a truly dominating presence in the Edwardian trade union movement, was the third... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Politics Without Democracy 1815 1914 2ND Edition by Michael Bentley Publisher Comments Politics Without Democracy provides an entertaining and highly original view of how Britain made a peaceful transition to representative democracy - a change characterized in other countries by convulsive and bloody civil strife.... (read more) List Price $136.25 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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After the Imperial Turn: Thinking with and Through the Nation by Antoinette M Burton Publisher Comments From a variety of historically grounded perspectives, After the Imperial Turn assesses the fate of the nation as a subject of disciplinary inquiry. In light of the turn toward scholarship focused on imperialism and postcolonialism, this provocative... (read more) List Price $31.25 Your price: $16.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Three Pillars of Liberty: Securing Political Rights & Freedom in the United Kingdom by Francesca Klug Publisher Comments "The Three Pillars of Liberty" is a landmark study on the state of democracy in the UK. The book identifies 44 violations and 19 near violations of human rights laws. It provides an up-to-date description of law and practice with respect of freedom of... (read more) List Price $70.75 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Heroes of Empire: Five Charismatic Men and the Conquest of Africa by Berensonward Publisher Comments During the decades of empire (1870-1914), legendary heroes and their astonishing deeds of conquest gave imperialism a recognizable human face. Henry Morton Stanley, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Charles Gordon, Jean-Baptiste Marchand, and Hubert Lyautey... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $29.95 New - Hardcover
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1759: The Year Britain Became Master of the World by Frank Mclynn Publisher Comments If not for the events of 1759, the entire history of the world would have been different. In this brilliant chronicle of the "Year of Victories," McLynn controversially suggests that the birth of the great British Empire was more a result of luck than of... (read more) List Price $26.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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European Women and the Second British Empire by Margaret Strobel Publisher Comments It enhances our understanding of intracultural and cross-cultural relationships and raises significant questions about the complexities of the colonial phenomenon in the modern era. --Journal of World History Provides a powerful and important analysis... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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