The Ideological Origins of the British Empire presents a comprehensive history of British conceptions of empire for more than half a century. David Armitage traces the emergence of British imperial identity from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-eighteenth centuries, using a full range of manuscript and printed sources. By linking the histories of England, Scotland and Ireland with the history of the British Empire, he demonstrates the importance of ideology as an essential linking between the processes of state-formation and empire-building. This book sheds light on major British political thinkers, from Sir Thomas Smith to David Hume, by providing fascinating accounts of the 'British problem' in the early modern period, of the relationship between Protestantism and empire, of theories of property, liberty and political economy in imperial perspective, and of the imperial contribution to the emergence of British 'identities' in the Atlantic world.
| ISBN: | 9780521590815 |
| Publication date: | 11th September 2000 |
| Author: | David Professor of History, Columbia University, New York Armitage |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 258 pages |
| Series: | Ideas in Context |
| Genres: |
History of ideas Colonialism and imperialism |
The Ideological Origins of the British Empire presents a comprehensive history of British conceptions of empire for more than half a century. David Armitage traces the emergence of British imperial identity from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-eighteenth centuries, using a full range of manuscript and printed sources. By linking the histories of England, Scotland and Ireland with the history of the British Empire, he demonstrates the importance of ideology as an essential linking between the processes of state-formation and empire-building. This book sheds light on major British political thinkers, from Sir Thomas Smith to David Hume, by providing fascinating accounts of the 'British problem' in the early modern period, of the relationship between Protestantism and empire, of theories of property, liberty and political economy in imperial perspective, and of the imperial contribution to the emergence of British 'identities' in the Atlantic world.
The Ideological Origins of the British Empire features in the following genres: History of ideas, Colonialism and imperialism
The Ideological Origins of the British Empire is available in Hardback, Paperback
The Ideological Origins of the British Empire was written by David Professor of History, Columbia University, New York Armitage and published by Cambridge University Press
The Ideological Origins of the British Empire has 258 pages
Yes it is part of Ideas in Context series
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