TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lloyd,Trevor Owen
TI  - The British Empire, 1558-1983
T2  - The Short Oxford history of the modern world
SN  - 019873025X (pbk.)
AV  - DA300 .L58 1984
PY  - 1984///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - 1485-
KW  - Colonies
KW  - Administration
KW  - Territorial expansion
N1  - Includes index; Bibliography: p. [387]-398; Colonies and distant monarchs 1558-1649 -- Monarchs and their colonies 1649-1714 -- Peace and war 1713-1763 -- War and survival 1763-1791 -- The stress of revolution 1788-1826 -- Expansion without effort 1815-1854 -- Victorian stability 1848-1871 -- Victorian activity 1869-1890 -- Victorian imperial enthusiasm 1883-1899 -- Fighting the reorganizing 1899-1922 -- The defeat of the imperial idea 1922-1945 -- Independence by degrees 1945-1960 -- Independence at once 1960-1983
ER  -