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Captives

Britain, Empire and the World 1600-1850

Captives( )
Author: Colley, Linda
ISBN:978-0-7126-6528-5
Publication Date:Nov 2003
Publisher:Penguin Random House
Imprint:Pimlico
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $32.99
Book Description:

Ranging over a quarter of a millennium and four continents, Captives uncovers the experiences and writings of those tens of thousands of men and women who took part in Britain's rise to imperial pre-eminence, but who got caught and caught out. Here are the stories of Sarah Shade, a camp follower imprisoned alongside defeated British legions in Southern India; of Joseph Pitts, white slave and pilgrim to Mecca; of Florentia Sale, captive and diarist in Afghanistan; of those...
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Book Details
Pages:464
Detailed Subjects: History / Europe / Great Britain / General
Political Science / Imperialism
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.9 x 19.8 x 3.6 cm
Book Weight:0.332 Kilograms
Author Biography
Colley, Linda (Author)
Linda Colley was professor of history at yale University from 1982-1997 when she accepted an appointment at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has just accepted a position as professor of history at Princeton which will begin in the Fall of 2003.




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