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England's colonial wars, 1550-1688 : conflicts, empire, and national identity / Bruce P. Lenman.
- Title
- England's colonial wars, 1550-1688 : conflicts, empire, and national identity / Bruce P. Lenman.
- Author
- Lenman, Bruce.
- Publication
- Harlow, England ; New York : Longman, 2001.
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- Description
- x, 310 p. : maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Bruce Lenman's hugely ambitious study explores three interacting themes: the growth of England's sprawling colonial empire; its military dimension; and the impact of colonial warfare on national identity. He starts in Ireland, with the renewed assault of English settlers on the Irish Gaeltacht. Under the (Scottish) Stuarts, England then began a dramatic expansion across the North Atlantic. In America, the 'Indian Wars', fought with minimal Crown support, helped forge an independent military capability among the colonists; while, in the West Indies, slave numbers and French intervention forced English settlers into a new dependency on the Crown. In India, the East India Company achieved ascendancy by sepoy armies under British control. These were very different kinds of empire; and a showdown became inevitable. The climactic conflict, the American Revolution, would not only dictate the future shape of colonial expansion, but also decisively reshaped the identities of all the participants.--Publisher description.
- Series Statement
- Modern wars in perspective
- Uniform Title
- Modern wars in perspective.
- Subject
- 1485 - 1714
- Great Britain > History, Military > 1485-1603
- Great Britain > History, Military > 1603-1714
- Great Britain > History > 16th century
- Great Britain > History > 17th century
- Great Britain > Foreign relations > 16th century
- Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1603-1688
- Great Britain > History, Military
- Genre/Form
- History
- Military history
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [294]-298) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Pt. 1. The Tudor crown, the English nation, and the heritage of Anglo-Norman expansionism c. 1550-1603 -- pt. 2. Three-kingdom monarchy and empire 1603-1688.
- ISBN
- 0582062969 (ppr)
- 0582062977 (csd)
- LCCN
- ^^2001272728
- OCLC
- 44604615
- SCSB-11708146
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library