TY  - BOOK
AU  - Faught,C.Brad
TI  - The new A-Z of empire: a concise handbook of British imperial history 
SN  - 9781845118716 (pbk.)
U1  - 941.0103 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - I. B.Tauris
KW  - Imperialism
KW  - History
KW  - Encyclopedias
KW  - BUEsh
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Colonies
KW  - BUSBOL
KW  - March2017
KW  - Reading book
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - The British Empire, especially in its late-Victorian heyday, spanned the world and linked a quarter of world's population to Britain through a shared, official, allegiance to the Crown. In the long history of empires the British imperial state was among the most powerful ever and a major global player. "A New A-Z of Empire" catches the current burgeoning interest in empires and covers over 400 years of British imperial history from the founding of the East India Company in 1600, to the 'First' and 'Second' British Empires, the time of 'High Empire' following the War of American Indep
ER  -