Unfinished Empire; The Global Expansion of Britain
by Darwin, John
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1846140889
- ISBN 13
- 9781846140884
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
London: Allen Lane 978-1-846-14088-4 [978-1-846-14088-4] 2012. (Hardcover) 478pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers, maps, notes, index. The spine is lightly edgeworn at the top and bottom. "Unfinished Empire explains what allowed the makers of Empire to be so sure of their right to claim North America, New Zealand or the African savannah, to be the greatest slave-traders but the first to abolish the trade, to use astonishing violence against their opponents but also claim to uphold the rule of law". Locale: Africa; New Zealand; North America. (History--England, British Empire, Colonization, History--England, Missionaries, Slave Trade).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153118
- Title
- Unfinished Empire; The Global Expansion of Britain
- Author
- Darwin, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1846140889
- ISBN 13
- 9781846140884
- Publisher
- Allen Lane 978-1-846-14088-4
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 2012
- Keywords
- History--England, British Empire, Colonization, History--England, Missionaries, Slave Trade
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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