The British Empire 1558-1995

by Trevor Owen Lloyd

Book Overview

This is a comprehensive survey of the entire history of the British empire. Lloyd describes the full sweep of expansion and decolonization from the voyages of discovery in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the achievement of independence in the second half of the twentieth century. Drawing out both parallels and differences between paths of development throughout the empire, Lloyd provides a unified and coherent account of a vital period in the history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198731337
• ISBN13: 9780198731337
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"