The second British Empire in the crucible of the twentieth century

At its peak, the British Empire spanned the world and linked diverse populations in a vast network of exchange that spread people, wealth, commodities, cultures, and ideas around the globe. At the turn of the twentieth century, this empire, which made Britain one of the premier global superpowers, a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Parsons, Timothy, 1962- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield [2014]
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Critical issues in world and international history.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37318366*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The empire at high tide
  • The empire between the wars, 1918 to 1939
  • The 1940s: a new kind of empire?
  • The final retreat from empire, 1950 to 1970
  • Global legacies of the British Empire.