A new edition, previously published in 1981 by Cape, this is the story of the early phases of English and British expansion throughout the world. Calder interweaves English, Irish, Scottish and colonial events into a single pattern. He concerns himself with social and intellectual history, as well as with political and economic developments.
- ISBN13 9780712666879
- Publish Date 3 September 1998 (first published 9 April 1981)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 May 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Pimlico
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 559
- Language English