The New Map of Empire

The New Map of Empire
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 480
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ISBN-10 : 9780674978997
ISBN-13 : 0674978994
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Book Synopsis The New Map of Empire by : S. Max Edelson

Download or read book The New Map of Empire written by S. Max Edelson and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1763 British America stretched from Hudson Bay to the Keys, from the Atlantic to the Mississippi. Using maps that Britain created to control its new lands, Max Edelson pictures the contested geography of the British Atlantic world and offers new explanations of the causes and consequences of Britain’s imperial ambitions before the Revolution.


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