In Advancing Empire, L. H. Roper explores the origins and early development of English overseas expansion. Roper focuses on the networks of aristocrats, merchants, and colonial-imperialists who worked to control the transport and production of exotic commodities, such as tobacco and sugar, as well a...

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Main Author:	Roper, Louis H. (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2017
Subjects:	Geschichte 1600-1700 Geschichte 1613-1688 Außenpolitik Geschichte Kolonie Imperialism Expansion Imperialismus Großbritannien Great Britain / Colonies / History / 17th century Great Britain / Foreign relations Nordamerika Asien
Online Access:	BSB01 Volltext
Summary:	In Advancing Empire, L. H. Roper explores the origins and early development of English overseas expansion. Roper focuses on the networks of aristocrats, merchants, and colonial-imperialists who worked to control the transport and production of exotic commodities, such as tobacco and sugar, as well as the labor required to produce them. He is primarily interested in the relationship between the English state and the people it governed, the role of that state in imperial development, the socio-political character of English colonies and English relations with Asians, Africans, American Indians, and other Europeans overseas. The activities stimulated the expansion and integration of global territorial and commercial interests that became the British Empire in the eighteenth century. In exploring these activities from a wider perspective, Roper offers a novel conclusion that revises popular analyses of the English Empire and of Anglo-America
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Jul 2017)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xi, 302 pages)
ISBN:	9781316340493
DOI:	10.1017/9781316340493