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Ten Cities that Made an Empire
Tristram Hunt
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Description for Ten Cities that Made an Empire
Paperback. From the pioneers of early America to the builders of modern India, from west to east and back again, this book follows the processes of exchange and adaptation that collectively moulded the colonial experience and which in their turn transformed the culture, economy and identity of the British Isles. Num Pages: 544 pages, 24 pp colour inset. BIC Classification: 1QDB; 3J; HBG; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 30. Weight in Grams: 408.
From Tristram Hunt, award-winning author of The Frock-Coated Communist and leading UK politician, Ten Cities that Made an Empire presents a new approach to Britain's imperial past through the cities that epitomised it
Since the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997 and the end days of Empire, Britain's colonial past has been the subject of passionate debate. Tristram Hunt goes beyond the now familiar arguments about Empire being good or bad and adopts a fresh approach to Britain's empire and its legacy. Through an exceptional array of first-hand accounts and personal reflections, he portrays the great colonial ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141047782
SKU
V9780141047782
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-13
About Tristram Hunt
Dr Tristram Hunt is Director of the Victoria & Albert Museum and one of Britain's best-known historians. He served as MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central from 2010 to 2017 (when he led the campaign to save the Wedgwood Museum) and as Shadow Secretary of State for Education between October 2013 and September 2015. He was a senior lecturer in ... Read more
Reviews for Ten Cities that Made an Empire
A grand history of the British empire ... this is a book about ideas, for all that it is rich in architectural description, economic fact and colourful anecdote ... well-written, cleverly constructed and beautifully balanced
James McConnachie
Spectator
A fascinating and readable book
Justin Huggler
Independent
Ingenious and timely ... Hunt skilfully constructs his ... Read more
James McConnachie
Spectator
A fascinating and readable book
Justin Huggler
Independent
Ingenious and timely ... Hunt skilfully constructs his ... Read more