OUP: UK General Catalogue

NEVER MISS AN OXFORD SALE (SIGN UP HERE) |

VIEW BASKET

UK and Europe

Book Catalogue

	Help with online ordering
	How to order
	Postage
	Returns policy
	Search the catalogue
	VAT rates

	Authors
	Description
	Reviews
	Table of Contents

The Oxford History of the British Empire
Volume I: The Origins of Empire: British Overseas Enterprise to the Close of the Seventeenth Century

Editor: Nicholas Canny and Assistant Editor: Alaine Low

Price: £64.00 (hardback)
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-820562-3
Publication date: 28 May 1998
560 pages, 15 maps, 1 linecut, 234x156 mm
Series: Oxford History of the British Empire number Vol. I
Search for titles in the same series

A sample of this book is available in PDF format

There is an alternative edition

Ordering

Individual customers may:
order by phone, post, or fax.
Manufactured on Demand - stock will be supplied on a firm sale basis within 28 days

Teachers in UK and European schools (and FE colleges in the UK):

order by phone, post, or fax

Reviews

'The writing is throughout lucid and unpretentious, the judgements sensible and stimulating and the scholarship fully abreast of recent developments ... a timely and accomplished volume.' - English Historical Review
'Professor Louis himself is not merely supremely well qualified on grounds of scholarship, but is also a man of integrity, generosity of mind and, above all, wisdom. These first two of what is to be a five-volume History will surely put at rest any lingering fears that the work might be prejudiced or in any other way inadequate ... a comprehensive picture of the early years of the imperialist adventure ... the Oxford History will be something that most general readers will like to have on their shelves to consult from time to time ... If the rest of the work is carried out with similar authority, with the same magisterial design and craftmanship in the detail, this will be an achievement of which the editors and the University Press can be properly proud.' - Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph
'Splendid and endlessly fascinating history of the most splendid and fascinating of all empires ... this looks like becoming a useful and generally very fair survey which should help even academics distinguish between the ethics of the British in search of empire and those of, let us say, the French ... this does what a serious history should do, and allows the reader to come to his own conclusions.' - Philip Hensher, Spectator
'Meticulously planned and flawlessly executed, providing texts that are both scholarly and accessible. The combination of thematic chapters on the empire as a whole, and regional ones on particular parts of it, is especially effective ... Another notable feature is the objectivity and sensitivity with which the contributors handle emotive and controversial subjects.' - Simon C. Smith, Times Higher Education Supplement
'Fresh... important, interesting as well as judicious, thoughtful as well as scholarly. Throughout, this is an important and thought-provoking volume.' - Jeremy Black, Albion

Description

A magisterial new assessment of the British Empire from its origins to the present day

Volume I of the Oxford History of the British Empire explores the origins of empire. It shows how and why England, and later Britain, became involved with transoceanic navigation, trade, and settlement during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The chapters, by leading historians, both illustrate the interconnections between developments in Europe and overseas and offer specialist studies on every part of the world that was substantially affected by British colonial activity. As late as 1630 involvement with regions beyond the traditional confines of Europe was still tentative; by 1690 it had become a firm commitment.

series blurb

The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. It deals with the interaction of British and non-western societies from the Elizabethan era to the late twentieth century, aiming to provide a balanced treatment of the ruled as well as the rulers, and to take into account the significance of the Empire for the peoples of the British Isles. It explores economic and social trends as well as political.

Readership: Readers with an interest in the history and legacy of the British Empire; historians of empire and commonwealth.

Contents

List of Contributors; List of Maps; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations

1. The Origins of Empire: An Introduction , Nicholas Canny

2. The Struggle for Legitimacy and the Image of Empire in the Atlantic to c.1700 , Anthony Pagden

3. War, Politics, and Colonization 1558-1625 , John Appleby

4. Guns and Sails in the First Phase of English Colonization 1500-1650 , N. A. M. Rodger

5. `Civilizing of those Rude Partes': Colonization within Britain and Ireland 1580s-1640s , Jane Ohlmeyer

6. England's New Word and the Old 1480s-1630s , Nicholas Canny

7. Tobacco Colonies: The Shaping of English Society in the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake , James Horn

8. New England in the Seventeenth Century , Virginia DeJohn Anderson

9. The Hub of Empire: The Caribbean and Britain in the Seventeenth Century , Hilary McD. Beckles

10. The English in Western Africa to 1700 , P. E. H. Hair

11. The English in Asia to 1700 , P. J. Marshall

12. Literature and Empire , David Armitage

13. The English Government, War, Trade, and Settlement 1625-1688 , Michael Braddick

14. New Opportunities for British Settlement: Ireland 1650-1700 , T. C. Barnard

15. Native Americans and Europeans in English America 1500-1700 , Peter C. Mancall

16. The Middle Colonies: New Opportunities for Settlement 1660-1700 , Ned Landsman

17. `Shaftesbury's Darling': British Settlement in the Carolinas at the Close of the Seventeenth Century , Robert Weir

18. Overseas Expansion and Trade in the Seventeenth Century , Nuala Zahedieh

19. The Emerging Emprire: The Continental Perspective 1650-1715 , Jonathan I. Israel

20. The Glorious Revolution and America , Richard S. Dunn

21. Navy, State, Trade, and Empire , G. E. Aylmer

Chronology; Index

Authors, editors, and contributors

Editor: Nicholas Canny, Professor of History, National University of Ireland, Galway and
Assistant Editor: Alaine Low

Links to web resources and related information

More in the same subject area:
World history: c 1500 to c 1750
World history: c 1750 to c 1900
Social history
Economic history
International relations
Colonization & independence

Links to alternative electronic format(s)

E-books for individuals:
Adobe eBook Reader

The specification in this catalogue, including without limitation price, format, extent, number of illustrations, and month of publication, was as accurate as possible at the time the catalogue was compiled. Occasionally, due to the nature of some contractual restrictions, we are unable to ship a specific product to a particular territory. Jacket images are provisional and liable to change before publication.

The Oxford History of the British EmpireVolume I: The Origins of Empire: British Overseas Enterprise to the Close of the Seventeenth Century

The Oxford History of the British Empire
Volume I: The Origins of Empire: British Overseas Enterprise to the Close of the Seventeenth Century