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The rise and fall of the British Empire [sound recording] / Patrick N. Allitt.

Allitt, Patrick. (Author). Teaching Company. (Added Author).

Summary:

Professor Patrick N. Allitt, Emory University, delivers thirty-six lectures on the history of the British Empire.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1598035843
  • ISBN: 9781598035841
  • ISBN: 159803586X (guidebooks)
  • ISBN: 9781598035865 (guidebooks)
  • Physical Description: 18 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 134 p. ; 19 cm.)
  • Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., [2009]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Lectures.
Compact discs.
In 3 containers (19 cm.).
"Course No. 8480."
Formatted Contents Note:
Pt. 1. lecture 1. The sun never set -- lecture 2. The challenge to Spain in the New World -- lecture 3. African slavery and the West Indies -- lecture 4. Imperial beginnings in India -- lecture 5. Clive and the conquest of India -- lecture 6. Wolfe and the conquest of Canada -- lecture 7. The loss of the American colonies -- lecture 8. Exploring the planet -- lecture 9. Napoleon challenges the empire -- lecture 10. The other side of the world -- lecture 11. Abolition of the slave trade and slavery -- lecture 12. Early African colonies.
Pt. 2. lecture 13. China and the opium wars -- lecture 14. Britain : the imperial center -- lecture 15. Ireland : the tragic relationship -- lecture 16. India and the "great game" -- lecture 17. Rebellion and mutiny in India -- lecture 18. How Canada became a nation -- lecture 19. The exploration and settlement of Africa -- lecture 20. Gold, greed, and geopolitics in Africa -- lecture 21. The empire in literature -- lecture 22. Economics and theories of empire -- lecture 23. The British Empire fights imperial Germany -- lecture 24. Versailles and the disillusionment.
Pt. 3. lecture 25. Ireland divided -- lecture 26. Cricket and the British Empire -- lecture 27. British India between the world wars -- lecture 28. World War II : England alone -- lecture 29. World War II : the Pyrrhic victory -- lecture 30. Twilight of the Raj -- lecture 31. Israel, Egypt, and the Suez Canal -- lecture 32. The decolonization of Africa -- lecture 33. The white dominions -- lecture 34. Britain after the empire -- lecture 35. Colonial and postcolonial literature -- lecture 36. Epitaph and legacy.
Participant or Performer Note:
Patrick N. Allitt, lecturer.
Subject:
Great Britain > Colonies > History.
Commonwealth countries > History.
Imperialism > History.
Great Britain > History.
Decolonization.
Genre:
Audiobooks.

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