British Empire : A Very Short Introduction (Record no. 51576)
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| control field | 20251010194453.0 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780199605415 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 909.0971241 JAC |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Jackson, Ashley |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | British Empire : A Very Short Introduction |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Oxford University Press |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Oxford |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2013 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 143 |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE | |
| Title | Very Short Introductions |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | From the eighteenth century until the 1950s the British Empire was the biggest political entity in the world. The territories forming this empire ranged from tiny islands to vast segments of the world's major continental land masses. The British Empire left its mark on the world in a multitude of ways, many of them permanent.<br/><br/>In this Very Short Introduction, Ashley Jackson introduces and defines the British Empire, reviewing its historiography by answering a series of key questions: What was the British Empire, and what were its main constituent parts? What were the phases of imperial expansion and contraction and the general causes of expansion and contraction? How was the Empire ruled? What were its economic effects? What were the cultural implications of empire, in Britain and its colonies? What was life like for people living under imperial rule? What are the legacies of the British Empire and how should we view its place in world history? |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Imperialism |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | History |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Great Britain |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Commonwealth Countries |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | British Empire |
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| Koha item type | Book |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
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