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Author Conway, Stephen, 1957- author.

Title Britannia's auxiliaries : continental Europeans and the British Empire, 1740-1800 / Stephen Conway
Published Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017

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Contents Cover -- BritanniaĆ¢#x80;#x99;s Auxiliaries: Continental Europeans and the British Empire, 1740Ć¢#x80;#x93;1800 -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Maps and Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1: Inside the Empire -- 2: Outside the Empire -- 3: Ambitions and Opportunities -- 4: Networks -- 5: Government -- 6: British Empire -- Conclusions -- Archival Sources
Summary How did continental Europeans contribute to the eighteenth-century British Empire? Stephen Conway observes how European settlers, soldiers, scientists, sailors, clergymen, merchants, and technical experts contributed to the British Empire, and how they were shaped by imperial direction and control
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Vendor-supplied metadata
Subject Europeans -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
HISTORY -- World.
British colonies
Europeans
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 18th century
Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056808
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780192536136
0192536133
9780191846243
0191846244