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080328s2008 nyuabf b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2008014192 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780307268297 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0307268292 |
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(OCoLC)ocn215177421 |
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(OCoLC)215177421 |
| Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)212855104 |
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DLC |
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DLC |
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BAKER |
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| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
DA16 |
| Item number |
.B675 2008 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
909.0971241 |
| Edition number |
22 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Brendon, Piers. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The decline and fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Piers Brendon. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st American ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Alfred A. Knopf, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2008. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiii, 793 p., [24] p. of plates : |
| Other physical details |
ill., col. maps ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Maps on endpapers. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
"Originally published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape, London"--T.p. verso. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [665]-759) and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared doomed. But over the next 150 years it grew to become the greatest and most diverse empire the world has ever seen--from Canada to Australia to China, India, and Egypt--seven times larger than the Roman Empire at its apogee. Yet it was also fundamentally weak, as Piers Brendon shows in this panoramic chronicle. Run from a tiny island base, it operated on a shoestring with the help of local elites. It enshrined a belief in freedom that would fatally undermine its authority. Spread too thin, and facing wars, economic crises, and domestic discord, the empire would vanish almost as quickly as it appeared. Within a generation, it collapsed, sometimes amid bloodshed, leaving unfinished business in Rhodesia, the Falklands, and Hong Kong. Above all, it left a contested legacy: at best, a sporting spirit, a legal code, and a near-universal language; at worst, failed states and internecine strife.--From publisher description. |
| 610 20 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Commonwealth (Organization) |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Imperialism |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Great Britain |
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Colonies |
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History. |
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| Geographic name |
Commonwealth countries |
| General subdivision |
History. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Great Britain |
| General subdivision |
Civilization. |
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| Materials specified |
Contributor biographical information |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008014192-b.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008014192-b.html</a> |
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| Materials specified |
Publisher description |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008014192-d.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008014192-d.html</a> |
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| Materials specified |
Sample text |
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<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008014192-s.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008014192-s.html</a> |
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| Materials specified |
Table of contents only |
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<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008014192-t.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0902/2008014192-t.html</a> |
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Library of Congress Classification |
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Book |
