The inner life of empires : an eighteenth-century history
Rothschild, Emma, 1948-2013
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They were abolitionists, speculators, slave owners, government officials, and occasional politicians. And they were from one family. This book tells the intimate history of the Johnstones - four sisters and seven brothers who lived in Scotland and around the globe in the fast-changing 18th century.
Main title:
The inner life of empires : an eighteenth-century history / Emma Rothschild.
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Imprint:
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Collation:
ix, 483 pages : maps (black and white) ; 22 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2011.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780691156125 (pbk)
Dewey class:
929.209171929.209171 ROT
Language:
English
BRN:
619908
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