Ten Cities that Made an Empire
by:
Tristram Hunt (author)
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 The final embers of the British Empire are dying, but its legacy remains in...
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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 The final embers of the British Empire are dying, but its legacy remains in the lives and structures of the cities which it shaped. Here Tristram Hunt ex
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9781846143250 (184614325X)
Publisher: Allen Lane
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Not bad but left me wanting more, this is a snapshot of Boston, Bridgetown, Dublin, Cape Town, Calcutta, Hong Kong, Bombay, Melbourne, New Delhi and Liverpool in the period they were prominent or influential are tasters rather than full courses on the cities involved.