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Putting the British into the Empire

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Captives: The Story of Britain's Pursuit of Empire and How Its Soldiers and Civilians Were Held Captive by the Dream of Global Supremacy, 1600–1850. By ColleyLinda. New York: Pantheon, 2002. Pp. 438+17. $27.50.
The Island Race: Englishness, Empire and Gender in the Eighteenth Century. By WilsonKathleen. London and New York: Routledge, 2003. Pp. 282+xiii. $80.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 December 2012

Richard Drayton
Richard Drayton
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Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
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Journal of British Studies , Volume 44 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 187 - 193
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Copyright © North American Conference of British Studies 2005

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