Empire

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1961. Octavo in red cloth boards; 393 p., 24 cm. Very Good(+) to Near Fine copy in a Very Good dust jacket. Minimal bumps and signs of use to boards; light soil to dust jacket; 2" x 2" L-shaped tear of dust jacket at lower spine; 1" tear of DJ at top of spine; other smaller tears to DJ at spine; DJ price-clipped; pages are in fine condition, both bright and free of marks; binding is tight; DJ is very much in tact; very nice second hand copy. in very good dust-jacket. Hardcover.

Contents: "Imperium": the Roman heritage -- From imperium to empire -- The emergence of the British Empire -- The problem of the American colonies -- Revolutions and empires -- The imperial problem of Ireland -- Empire in the Napoleonic period.