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Web of Empire : English Cosmopolitans in an Age of Expansion, 1560-1660 by Alison Games (2009, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100199733384
ISBN-139780199733385
eBay Product ID (ePID)74156926
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Book TitleWeb of Empire : English Cosmopolitans in an Age of Expansion, 1560-1660
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicImperialism, International Relations / General, Commerce, Europe / Great Britain / General
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, Business & Economics, History
AuthorAlison Games
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight21.2 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
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Reviewsan interesting and well-researched book full of unique insights, engaging anecdotes, and interesting case studies., "Alison Games's newest book is a work of great range and depth that draws on a considerable breadth and variety of sources.... This comprehensive study is meticulously researched and points to a new direction for considering English global activities in this era as well as for understanding the eventual development and growth of the British Empire."--Journal of British Studies "The Web of Empire: English Cosmopolitanism in an Age of Expansion offers a rather benign view of how global empire was built, with a dazzling array of explorers, travellers, merchants, clerics and even soldiers often more concerned to learn from exotic peoples than to impose on them."--The Independent "Like Games's earlier effort, The Web of Empire conveys the result of prodigious research; anyone who has attempted archival research of English activity in far-flung locations in this early period will be impressed by Games's energy and tenacity."--New England Quarterly "An admirable book. It casts light in places where shadows lurked; thereby it brightens a reader's view of the beginnings of the English empire. It proceeds from its author's diligent scouring of sources, her eye for apt detail, her gifts of style, and her careful posing of argument, all of which render this book well worth an investment of one's time."--Warren M. Billings, Virginia Magazine of History and Biography "This is early, all encompassing, and wide-ranging British imperial history at its finest."--R.D. Long, CHOICE "This thought-provoking book will doubtless stimulate further studies of the role of cosmopolitan accommodation in European imperial expansion." --Renaissance Quarterly "Beautifully written, deeply researched, extraordinarily wide-ranging, and pathbreaking book...Indispensible for understanding how the British Empire began and for understanding how its origins shaped its subsequent history" --Journal of Modern History, "Alison Games's newest book is a work of great range and depth that draws on a considerable breadth and variety of sources...This comprehensive study is meticulously researched and points to a new direction for considering English global activities in this era as well as for understanding the eventual development and growth of the British Empire."--Journal of British Studies "The Web of Empire: English Cosmopolitanism in an Age of Expansion offers a rather benign view of how global empire was built, with a dazzling array of explorers, travellers, merchants, clerics and even soldiers often more concerned to learn from exotic peoples than to impose on them."--The Independent "Like Games's earlier effort, The Web of Empire conveys the result of prodigious research; anyone who has attempted archival research of English activity in far-flung locations in this early period will be impressed by Games's energy and tenacity."--New England Quarterly "An admirable book. It casts light in places where shadows lurked; thereby it brightens a reader's view of the beginnings of the English empire. It proceeds from its author's diligent scouring of sources, her eye for apt detail, her gifts of style, and her careful posing of argument, all of which render this book well worth an investment of one's time."--Warren M. Billings, Virginia Magazine of History and Biography "This is early, all encompassing, and wide-ranging British imperial history at its finest."--R.D. Long, CHOICE "This thought-provoking book will doubtless stimulate further studies of the role of cosmopolitan accommodation in European imperial expansion."--Renaissance Quarterly "Beautifully written, deeply researched, extraordinarily wide-ranging, and pathbreaking book...Indispensible for understanding how the British Empire began and for understanding how its origins shaped its subsequent history"--Journal of Modern History, Remarkable.There is much about this book that asks us to rethink our orientations (and occidentations) in the early modern English world., "Alison Games's newest book is a work of great range and depth that draws on a considerable breadth and variety of sources.... This comprehensive study is meticulously researched and points to a new direction for considering English global activities in this era as well as for understanding the eventual development and growth of the British Empire."--Journal of British Studies "The Web of Empire: English Cosmopolitanism in an Age of Expansion offers a rather benign view of how global empire was built, with a dazzling array of explorers, travellers, merchants, clerics and even soldiers often more concerned to learn from exotic peoples than to impose on them."--The Independent "Like Games's earlier effort, The Web of Empire conveys the result of prodigious research; anyone who has attempted archival research of English activity in far-flung locations in this early period will be impressed by Games's energy and tenacity."--New England Quarterly "An admirable book. It casts light in places where shadows lurked; thereby it brightens a reader's view of the beginnings of the English empire. It proceeds from its author's diligent scouring of sources, her eye for apt detail, her gifts of style, and her careful posing of argument, all of which render this book well worth an investment of one's time."--Warren M. Billings, Virginia Magazine of History and Biography "This is early, all encompassing, and wide-ranging British imperial history at its finest."--R.D. Long, CHOICE, "The Web of Empire: English Cosmopolitanism in an Age of Expansion offers a rather benign view of how global empire was built, with a dazzling array of explorers, travellers, merchants, clerics and even soldiers often more concerned to learn from exotic peoples than to impose on them." --The Independent, "Alison Games's newest book is a work of great range and depth that draws on a considerable breadth and variety of sources.... This comprehensive study is meticulously researched and points to a new direction for considering English global activities in this era as well as for understanding the eventual development and growth of the British Empire."--Journal of British Studies "The Web of Empire: English Cosmopolitanism in an Age of Expansionoffers a rather benign view of how global empire was built, with a dazzling array of explorers, travellers, merchants, clerics and even soldiers often more concerned to learn from exotic peoples than to impose on them."--TheIndependent "Like Games's earlier effort,The Web of Empireconveys the result of prodigious research; anyone who has attempted archival research of English activity in far-flung locations in this early period will be impressed by Games's energy and tenacity."--New England Quarterly "An admirable book. It casts light in places where shadows lurked; thereby it brightens a reader's view of the beginnings of the English empire. It proceeds from its author's diligent scouring of sources, her eye for apt detail, her gifts of style, and her careful posing of argument, all of which render this book well worth an investment of one's time."--Warren M. Billings,Virginia Magazine of History and Biography "This is early, all encompassing, and wide-ranging British imperial history at its finest."--R.D. Long,CHOICE "This thought-provoking book will doubtless stimulate further studies of the role of cosmopolitan accommodation in European imperial expansion." --Renaissance Quarterly, "Like Games's earlier effort, The Web of Empire conveys the result of prodigious research...; anyone who has attempted archival research of English activity in far-flung locations in this early period will be impressed by Games's energy and tenacity." --New England Quarterly, "Alison Games's newest book is a work of great range and depth that draws on a considerable breadth and variety of sources...This comprehensive study is meticulously researched and points to a new direction for considering English global activities in this era as well as for understanding the eventual development and growth of the British Empire."--Journal of British Studies"The Web of Empire: English Cosmopolitanism in an Age of Expansion offers a rather benign view of how global empire was built, with a dazzling array of explorers, travellers, merchants, clerics and even soldiers often more concerned to learn from exotic peoples than to impose on them."--The Independent "Like Games's earlier effort, The Web of Empire conveys the result of prodigious research; anyone who has attempted archival research of English activity in far-flung locations in this early period will be impressed by Games's energy and tenacity."--New England Quarterly"An admirable book. It casts light in places where shadows lurked; thereby it brightens a reader's view of the beginnings of the English empire. It proceeds from its author's diligent scouring of sources, her eye for apt detail, her gifts of style, and her careful posing of argument, all of which render this book well worth an investment of one's time."--Warren M. Billings, Virginia Magazine of History and Biography"This is early, all encompassing, and wide-ranging British imperial history at its finest."--R.D. Long, CHOICE"This thought-provoking book will doubtless stimulate further studies of the role of cosmopolitan accommodation in European imperial expansion."--Renaissance Quarterly"Beautifully written, deeply researched, extraordinarily wide-ranging, and pathbreaking book...Indispensible for understanding how the British Empire began and for understanding how its origins shaped its subsequent history"--Journal of Modern History, Like Games's earlier effort, The Web of Empire conveys the result of prodigious research; anyone who has attempted archival research of English activity in far-flung locations in this early period will be impressed by Games's energy and tenacity., "Dazzling."--Stephen Howe, The Independent "Alison Games's newest book is a work of great range and depth that draws on a considerable breadth and variety of sources.... This comprehensive study is meticulously researched and points to a new direction for considering English global activities in this era as well as for understanding the eventual development and growth of the British Empire."--Journal of British Studies "As a study of the nature of the English encounter with the wider world, the book stands as a triumph.... The Web of Empire is a first-rate piece of scholarship--accessible, rigorous, and provocative."--Patrick Griffin, William and Mary Quarterly "Thought-provoking....A brilliant synthesis of the first century of English commercial and colonial expansion."--Gayle K. Brunelle, Renaissance Quarterly "Anyone who has attempted archival research of English activity in far-flung locations in this early period will be impressed by Games's energy and tenacity."--Carla Gardina Pestana, New England Quarterly "An admirable book. It casts light in places where shadows lurked; thereby it brightens a reader's view of the beginnings of the English empire. It proceeds from its author's diligent scouring of sources, her eye for apt detail, her gifts of style, and her careful posing of argument, all of which render this book well worth an investment of one's time."--Warren M. Billings, Virginia Magazine of History and Biography "Alison Games' fascinating and deeply researched new book makes clear that the English were cosmopolitan globetrotters before they became xenophobic imperialists. By presenting English colonization of the Americas as only one part, and not even a very representative part, of a world in motion, The Web of Empire is engagingly--and convincingly--subversive."--Joyce E. Chaplin, Harvard University "A work of great range and depth.... This comprehensive study is meticulously researched and points to a new direction for considering English global activities in this era as well as for understanding the eventual development and growth of the British Empire."--Anna Suranyi, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, "Alison Games's newest book is a work of great range and depth that draws on a considerable breadth and variety of sources...This comprehensive study is meticulously researched and points to a new direction for considering English global activities in this era as well as for understanding the eventual development and growth of the British Empire."--Journal of British Studies"The Web of Empire: English Cosmopolitanism in an Age of Expansion offers a rather benign view of how global empire was built, with a dazzling array of explorers, travellers, merchants, clerics and even soldiers often more concerned to learn from exotic peoples than to impose on them."--The Independent"Like Games's earlier effort, The Web of Empire conveys the result of prodigious research; anyone who has attempted archival research of English activity in far-flung locations in this early period will be impressed by Games's energy and tenacity."--New England Quarterly"An admirable book. It casts light in places where shadows lurked; thereby it brightens a reader's view of the beginnings of the English empire. It proceeds from its author's diligent scouring of sources, her eye for apt detail, her gifts of style, and her careful posing of argument, all of which render this book well worth an investment of one's time."--Warren M. Billings, Virginia Magazine of History and Biography"This is early, all encompassing, and wide-ranging British imperial history at its finest."--R.D. Long, CHOICE"This thought-provoking book will doubtless stimulate further studies of the role of cosmopolitan accommodation in European imperial expansion."--Renaissance Quarterly"Beautifully written, deeply researched, extraordinarily wide-ranging, and pathbreaking book...Indispensible for understanding how the British Empire began and for understanding how its origins shaped its subsequent history"--Journal of Modern History, [Games'] provocative book should inspire future debate and stimulate additional scholarship on the extent to which human agency influenced early modern imperial expansion.
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal909/.0977124206
Table Of ContentIntroduction1. Before the Grand Tour: The Domestication of Travel2. The Mediterranean Origins of the British Empire3. English Overseas Merchants in an Expanding World of Trade, 1590-16504. Virginia, 1607-16225. All the King's Men: Governors, Consuls, and Ambassadors, 1590-16506. Madagascar, 1635-16507. The Cosmopolitan Clergy, 1620-16608. Ireland, 1649-1660Conclusion
SynopsisHow did England go from a position of inferiority to the powerful Spanish empire to achieve global pre-eminence? In this important work, Alison Games explores the period when England challenged dominion over the American continents, established new long-distance trade routes in the eastern Mediterranean and the East Indies, and emerged in the 17th century as an empire to reckon with., How did England go from a position of inferiority to the powerful Spanish empire to achieve global pre-eminence? In this important second book, Alison Games, a colonial American historian, explores the period from 1560 to 1660, when England challenged dominion over the American continents, established new long-distance trade routes in the eastern Mediterranean and the East Indies, and emerged in the 17th century as an empire to reckon with. Games discusses such topics as the men and women who built the colonial enterprise, the political and fiscal factors that made such growth possible, and domestic politics that fueled commercial expansion. Her cast of characters includes soldiers and diplomats, merchants and mariners, ministers and colonists, governors and tourists, revealing the surprising breath of foreign experiences ordinary English people had in this period. This book is also unusual in stretching outside Europe to include Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. A comparative imperial study and expansive world history, this book makes a lasting argument about the formative years of the English empire.
LC Classification NumberDA16.G36 2010
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