Author : H. Bowen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230390196
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Elites, Enterprise and the Making of the British Overseas Empire1688-1775 by : H. Bowen
Download or read book Elites, Enterprise and the Making of the British Overseas Empire1688-1775 written by H. Bowen and published by Springer. This book was released on 1996-07-24 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the cultural, economic, and social forces that shaped the development of the British empire in the eighteenth century. The empire is placed in a broad historiographical context informed by important recent work on the 'fiscal-military state', and 'gentlemanly capitalism'. This allows the empire to be seen not as a series of discrete, unconnected geographical regions scattered across the world, but as a commercial, cultural, and social body with its roots very firmly planted in metropolitan society.