TY - BOOK ID - 13197529 TI - British America, 1500 - 1800 : creating colonies, imagining an empire. PY - 2005 SN - 0340760095 9780340760093 0340760109 9780340760109 PB - London Hodder Arnold DB - UniCat KW - Great Britain KW - United States KW - America KW - Colonies KW - History. KW - History KW - 973 KW - 973 Geschiedenis van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika (USA) KW - Geschiedenis van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika (USA) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:13197529 AB - This book combines the histories of colonies and empire-usually distinct fields of inquiry-in a sweeping introduction to and interpretation of the British-American New World, arguing that while settlers created colonies, the early empire remained a largely imaginary construct. This account examines the way in which the New World was invented and offers a convincing analysis of the loss of the First British Empire. ER -