Captives: Britain, Empire, and the World, 1600-1850

by Linda Colley
Captives: Britain, Empire, and the World, 1600-1850
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January 6th 2004 (first published 2002) by Anchor

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Paperback, 464 pages

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0385721463    (isbn13: 9780385721462)

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In this path-breaking book Linda Colley reappraises the rise of the biggest empire in global history. Excavating the lives of some of the multitudes o...more




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mary
06/30/08
mary rated it: 3 of 5 stars

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recommended to mary by: Aidan Redmond
Colley examines captives' stories and uses them to illustrate the complexities behind British imperial expansion in the period 1600 to 1850. She looks at three areas in particular, the Mediterranean and North Africa, America and India. One of her points is that, with such a small home base, Britain had to rely heavily on others, including the "captured", to maintain her primacy; on the Islamic powers in North Africa to hold her possessions in the Mediterranean; on Native Americans agai...more
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John Keating
Read in December, 2003
A very good history, and an outstanding example of creative linkage--taking the histories of captives by the "other" (from an English perspective) and using those to illustrate the development of English attitudes towards the "exotic".
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