Author : Lawrence Stone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134546025
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)
Book Synopsis An Imperial State at War by : Lawrence Stone
Download or read book An Imperial State at War written by Lawrence Stone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of eighteenth century history has been transformed by the writings of John Brewer, and most recently, with The Sinews of Power, he challenged the central concepts of British history. Brewer argues that the power of the British state increased dramatically when it was forced to pay the costs of war in defence of her growing empire. In An Imperial State at War, edited by Lawrence Stone (himself no stranger to controversy), the leading historians of the eighteenth century put the Brewer thesis under the spotlight. Like the Sinews of Power itself, this is a major advance in the study of Britain's first empire.