The Ideological Origins of the British Empire (Ideas in

The Ideological Origins of the British Empire (Ideas in Context, Series Number 59)

David Armitage presents the first comprehensive history of British conceptions of empire for half a century, tracing the emergence of British imperial identity from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-eighteenth centuries. This book sheds new light on major British political thinkers, from Sir Thomas Smith to David Hume, by providing novel 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 the British identity.
Country USA
Brand Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer Cambridge University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780521789783
ReleaseDate 1996-09-13
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780521789783

The Ideological Origins of the British Empire (Ideas in Context, Series Number 59)