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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Brendon, Piers.     Subjects     Commonwealth (Organization) -- History.     Imperialism -- History.     Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.     Commonwealth countries -- History.     Great Britain -- Civilization.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Brendon, Piers.       by title:      The decline and fall...         MARC Display

The decline and fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 / Piers Brendon. by Brendon, Piers. Alfred A. Knopf : New York, 2008. Subjects Commonwealth (Organization) -- History.   Imperialism -- History.   Great Britain -- Colonies -- History.   Commonwealth countries -- History.   Great Britain -- Civilization. ISBN:  9780307268297 0307268292 Description:  xxii, 786 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., col. maps ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st American ed. Requests:  0 Summary:  After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared doomed. But over the next 150 years it grew to become the greatest and most diverse empire the world has ever seen--from Canada to Australia to China, India, and Egypt--seven times larger than the Roman Empire at its apogee. Yet it was also fundamentally weak, as Piers Brendon shows in this panoramic chronicle. Run from a tiny island base, it operated on a shoestring with the help of local elites. It enshrined a belief in freedom that would fatally undermine its authority. Spread too thin, and facing wars, economic crises, and domestic discord, the empire would vanish almost as quickly as it appeared. Within a generation, it collapsed, sometimes amid bloodshed, leaving unfinished business in Rhodesia, the Falklands, and Hong Kong. Above all, it left a contested legacy: at best, a sporting spirit, a legal code, and a near-universal language; at worst, failed states and internecine strife.--From publisher description.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 909.09712 Br Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 909.09712 Brendon Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua-Kona Public Library Adult Nonfiction 909.09712 Br Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 909.09712 Br Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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