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Some Books About The British Empire
A Listmania! list by S Wood (Scotland)

1. Revolutionary Empire: Rise of the English-speaking Empire from the Fifteenth Century to the 1780's by Angus Calder

The list author says:
	"Angus Calders readable and erudite history of the 1st British Empire - takes the reader up to the end of the 18th Century."

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2. American Colonies: The Settlement of North America to 1800 (Penguin History of the United States) by Alan Taylor

The list author says:
	"Good one volume history of the British Colonies in North America from their small beginnings to the War for American Independence."

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3. The Green Flag: A History of Irish Nationalism by Robert Kee

The list author says:
	"Readable story of Ireland under the British from Napoleonic times until Irish independence after WW1."

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4. The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company by John Keay

The list author says:
	"Excellent one volume history of the "honourable" company and its exploits and exploitation of India up to the Rebellion of 1857. Very readable."

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5. The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi, 1857 by William Dalrymple

The list author says:
	"An excellent piece of historical writing that covers the 1857 Rebellion/Mutiny from the perspective of the last Mughal Emperor in Dehli. A richly written and well researched book."

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6. British Imperialism, 1688-2000 by Peter Cain

The list author says:
	"Enormous tome viewing the British Empire primarily from its Economic perspective. A dense but interesting book."

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7. A History of South Africa by Frank Welsh

The list author says:
	"The history of one of those harmful colonial bequests: South Africa. Welsh takes the reader through the twists & turns of its colonial history to independence and right up to the present day."

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8. Scotland's Empire 1600-1815 by T M Devine

The list author says:
	"TM Devines excellent study of the Scotish input into British Imperialism which ought to serve as a wake up to those myopics who blame it all on the English."

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9. The Boer War by Thomas Pakenham

The list author says:
	"A readable account of possibly the largest (and most expensive) colonial war the British were involved in."

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10. The Making of New World Slavery: From the Baroque to the Modern, 1492-1800 by Robin Blackburn

The list author says:
	"Well researched, cogently argued history of Slavery (not just British) including the perenial question about its links with the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain. A difficult but rewarding read."

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11. Captives: Britain, Empire and the World 1600-1850 by Linda Colley

The list author says:
	"Colleys thoughtfull book on the multiple examples of Captivity within the British Empire. Endlessly fascinating."

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12. The Decline And Fall Of The British Empire by Dr Piers Brendon

The list author says:
	"Readable account of the British Empires fortunes from the American War of Independence in the New World to the return of Hong Kong."

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13. The Year of Liberty: History of the Great Irish Rebellion of 1798 by Thomas Pakenham

The list author says:
	"How those humanitarian Brits put down the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Pakenham (again!) gives a detailed and colourful narrative account of this brutal episode in British-Irish history."

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14. The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes

The list author says:
	"The history of the founding of Australia covering the period up until the ending of transportation. An evocative and well researched account."

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15. Late Victorian Holocausts: El Nino Famines and the Making of the Third World by Mike Davis

The list author says:
	"The ever intersting and bolshy Mike Davis considers Empire and its Famines aswell as the El-Nino effect."

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16. The Scramble For Africa by Thomas Pakenham

The list author says:
	"A fantastic piece of narrative history that covers the period around the turn of the 19th-20th century when Africa was deemed "up for grabs". Other European countries as well as Britain covered."

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17. One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate by Tom Segev

The list author says:
	"The Israeli historian Tom Segev tells the story of the British Mandate over Palestine, a good generaly impartial account."

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18. Sowing the Wind: The Seeds of Conflict in the Middle East by John Keay

The list author says:
	"John Keay again with a readable account of the British (and also the French) and their machinations in the Middle East in the first half of the 20th Century."

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19. Duel in the Snows: The True Story of the Younghusband Mission to Lhasa by Charles Allen

The list author says:
	"The little known British Invasion of Tibet is colourfuly told in Charles Allens narrative history. An interesting footnote (unless you were Tibetan) in the history of the British Empire."

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20. The Many-Headed Hydra: The Hidden History of the Revolutionary Atlantic by Peter Linebaugh

The list author says:
	"Peter Linebaugh accounts for what mischief the lower orders got up to in the 17th and 18th Century Empire."

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21. Britain's Forgotten Wars by Ian Hernon

The list author says:
	"Not a great work of analysis, but rather a journalistic account of the numerous so-called "small" wars Britain was involved in throughout the 19th Century."

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22. The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 by Cecil Woodham-Smith

The list author says:
	"Famine in Britains first colony, Classic history that examines the roots of the Famine, how it developed and the British response."

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23. Forgotten Wars: The End of Britain's Asian Empire by Tim Harper

The list author says:
	"The history of what happened in Britains imperial colonies after the turmoil of WW2. A story of liberation movements, counter insurgency and much more besides."

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24. Britain's Gulag: The Brutal End of Empire in Kenya by Caroline Elkins

The list author says:
	"White colonies were always the hardest to decolonise no matter which empire they were under, Kenyas movement to independence was no exception as Elkins much argued over book shows."