The Imperial Achievement: The Rise and Transformation of the British EmpireProvides A General Survey, An Interpretation Of The Rise And Transformation Of The Empire And Commonwealth In The Light Of Modern World And The Way It Is Going. |
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... better understood through anthropology and environmental studies . Nor need the Victorian and Edwardian obsession with administrative problems , natural to those who had to deal with them , any longer eclipse the extraordinary feats of ...
... better understood through anthropology and environmental studies . Nor need the Victorian and Edwardian obsession with administrative problems , natural to those who had to deal with them , any longer eclipse the extraordinary feats of ...
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... better aspects of colonialism . Brooke died in 1868 , but his family retained his position until the Japanese invasion of 1941 . V Out beyond Borneo and Celebes the vast Pacific Ocean had not yet been divided into spheres of influence ...
... better aspects of colonialism . Brooke died in 1868 , but his family retained his position until the Japanese invasion of 1941 . V Out beyond Borneo and Celebes the vast Pacific Ocean had not yet been divided into spheres of influence ...
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... better survive . Meanwhile , no sensible historian would confuse the immediate waning of the British Empire with its long - term legacy : the last and greatest of the European sea - borne Empires , and the one dismantled and transformed ...
... better survive . Meanwhile , no sensible historian would confuse the immediate waning of the British Empire with its long - term legacy : the last and greatest of the European sea - borne Empires , and the one dismantled and transformed ...
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