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Imperial Meridian

The British Empire and the World 1780-1830

Imperial Meridian( )
Author: Bayly, C. A.
Series title:Studies in Modern History Ser.
ISBN:978-0-582-49438-1
Publication Date:Jun 1989
Publisher:Routledge
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $105.00
Book Description:

In this impressive and ambitious survey Dr Bayly studies the rise, apogee and decline of what has come to be called `the Second British Empire' -- the great expansion of British dominion overseas (particularly in Asia and the Middle East) during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic era that, coming between the loss of America and the subsequent partition of Africa, constitutes the central phase of British imperial history.



Book Details
Pages:312
Detailed Subjects: History / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901)
Political Science / Imperialism
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.538 x 8.463 x 0.702 Inches
Book Weight:0.95 Pounds
Author Biography
Bayly, C. A. (Author)
Christopher Alan Bayly was born on May 18, 1945 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom. He graduated from St Antony's College. He was the pre-eminent historian of India and the British Empire and a pioneer of the field of global history. He wrote numerous books during his lifetime including The Local Roots of Indian Politics; Rulers, Townsmen and Bazaars; Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire; Imperial Meridian; Empire and Information; The Origins of Nationality in South Asia; The Birth of the Modern World; and Recovering Liberties. In 2005, he received the Wolfson prize for history for his entire body of work. In 2007, he was the first scholar to be knighted "for services to history outside of Europe." He died of a heart attack on April 18, 2015 at the age of 69.

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