The decline and fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 / (Record no. 3224)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 02022nam a2200181 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780224062220 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 900 |
| Item number | BRE/D |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Brendon, Piers |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The decline and fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Piers Brendon |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Jonathan Cape, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2007. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxii, 793 p., [24] p. of plates: |
| Other physical details | ill.; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1 The World Turned Upside Down<br/>The American Revolution and the Slave Trade<br/><br/>2 'An Engiish Barrack in the Oriental Seas'<br/>Britannia's Indian Empire<br/><br/>3 Exempt from the Disaster of C'aste'<br/>Australia, Clanada and New Zealand<br/><br/>4 To Stop is Dangerous, to Recede, Ruin'<br/>The Tar hast and Afghanistan<br/><br/>5 'Sacred Wrath'<br/>Irish Famine and Indian Mutiny<br/><br/>6 'Spread the Peaceful Gospel - with the Maxim Gun'<br/>Towards Conquest in Africa<br/><br/> 7 'A Magnificent Empire under the British Flag'<br/>Cape to Cairo<br/><br/>8 'Barbarians Thundering at the Frontiers'<br/>The Boer War and the Indian Raj<br/><br/>9 'The Empire, Right or Wrong'<br/>Flanders, Iraq, Gallipoli and Vimy Ridge<br/><br/>10 'Aflame with the Hope of Liberation'<br/>Ireland and the Middle East<br/><br/>11 'Englishmen Like Posing as Gods'<br/>West and East<br/><br/>12 'White Mates Black in a Very Few Moves'<br/>Kenya and the Sudan<br/><br/>13 'Spinning the Destiny of lndia<br/>The Route to Independence<br/><br/>14 ' That is the laid of the British Empire<br/>Singapore and Burma<br/><br/>15 'The Aim of Labour is to Save the Empire<br/>Ceylon and Malaya<br/><br/>16 A Golden Bowl full of Scorpions<br/>The Holy hand<br/><br/>17 ' The Destruction of National Will<br/>Suez Invasion and Aden Evacuation<br/><br/>18 'Renascent Africa'<br/>The Gold Coast and Nigeria<br/><br/>19 ' Uhuru -Freedom'<br/>Kenya and the Mau Mau<br/><br/>20 'Kith and Kin'<br/>Rhodesia and the Central African Federation<br/><br/>21 'Rocks and Islands'<br/>The West Indies and Cyprus<br/><br/>22 'All Our Pomp of Yesterday'<br/>The Falklands and Hong Kong |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Imperialism |
| General subdivision | History |
| -- | 19th Century |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Imperialism |
| General subdivision | History |
| -- | 20th Century |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | GN Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 21/06/2016 | 900 BRE/D | P09968 | 10/02/2023 | General Books |