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Captives : Britain, empire, and the world, 1600-1850

Title
Captives : Britain, empire, and the world, 1600-1850 / Linda Colley.
ISBN
0385721463
9780385721462
0712665285
9780712665285
Edition
First Anchor books edition.
Publication
New York : Anchor Books, 2004.
Copyright Notice Date
©2002
Physical Description
438 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cm
Summary
Re-examines the history of the British Empire from the perspective of those held captive, exploring the dynamics between invader and invaded, the character of cross-cultural conflicts, and the meaning of empire.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 29, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Tangier
The crescent and the sea
Telling the tale
Confronting Islam
Different Americans, different Britons
War and a new world
Revolutions
Another passage to India
The tiger and the sword
Captives in uniform
Epilogue: to Afghanistan and beyond.
Genre/Form
History.
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