1. Introduction: state and empire in British history 2. The empire of Great Britain: England, Scotland and Ireland, c. 1542-1612 3. Protestantism and empire: Hakluyt, Purchas and property 4. The empire of the seas, 1576-1689 5. Liberty and empire 6. The political economy of empire 7. Empire and ideology in the Walpolean era.
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