{"product_id":"the-discovery-of-islands-hardback-9780521850957","title":"The Discovery of Islands (Hardback) 9780521850957","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Discovery of Islands\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLinked essays presenting British history as oceanic and global, rather than simply history.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. G. A. Pocock (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521850957, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 August 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e358 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16.1 x 3 cm, 0.695 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This collection of essays will prove a valuable resource... (A)n engaging and thought provoking contribution to a growing body of work concerned with rethinking the meaning of British history\"  \u003cbr\u003e Todd Webb, Canadian Journal of History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Discovery of Islands consists of a series of linked essays in British history, written by one of the world's leading historians of political thought and published over the past three decades. Its purpose is to present British history as that of several nations interacting with  - and sometimes seceding from - an imperial state. The commentary presents this history as that of an archipelago, expanding across oceans to the Antipodes. Both New Zealand history and the author's New Zealand heritage inform this vision, presenting British history as oceanic and global, complementing (and occasionally criticising) the presentation of that history as European. Professor Pocock's interpretation of British history has been hugely influential in recent years, making The Discovery of Islands a resource of immense value for historians of Britain and the world.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface and acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Field Proposed: 1. The Antipodean perception\u003cbr\u003e 2. British history: a plea for a new subject\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Three Kingdoms and the English Problem: 3. The field enlarged: an introduction\u003cbr\u003e 4. Two kingdoms and three histories? Political thought in British contexts\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Atlantic archipelago and the War of the Three Kingdoms\u003cbr\u003e 6. The third kingdom in its history\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Empire and Rebellion in the First Age of Union: 7. Archipelago, Europe and Atlantic after 1688\u003cbr\u003e 8. The significance of 1688: some reflections on Whig history\u003cbr\u003e 9. Empire, state and confederation: the war of American independence as a crisis in multiple monarchy\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Union of 1801 in British history\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. New Zealand in the Strange Multiplicity: 11. The neo-Britains and the three empires\u003cbr\u003e 12. Tangata whenua and Enlightenment anthropology\u003cbr\u003e 13. Law, sovereignty and history in a divided culture: the case of New Zealand and the Treaty of Waitangi\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Britain, Europe and Post-Modern History: 14. Sovereignty and history in the late twentieth century\u003cbr\u003e 15. Deconstructing Europe\u003cbr\u003e 16. The politics of the new British history\u003cbr\u003e 17. Conclusion: history, sovereignty, identity\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographies\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e], General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265248645400,"sku":"9780521850957","price":89.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521616454.jpg?v=1692020954","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-discovery-of-islands-hardback-9780521850957","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}