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Officiële naam: Gipson, Lawrence Henry
Geboortedatum: 1880-12-07
Overlijdensdatum: 1971-09-26
Graflocatie: Caldwell, Idaho
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: USA
Geboorteplaats: Greeley, Colorado, USA
Plaats van overlijden: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA
Woonplaatsen: Greeley, Colorado, USA (birthplace)
Caldwell, Idaho, USA
Opleiding: University of Idaho
Oxford University
Yale University
Beroepen: historian
professor
driving stage coaches
Relaties: Reed, Jeannette (wife)
Organisaties: Wabash College
Lehigh University
College of Idaho
Prijzen en onderscheidingen: Pulitzer Prize (History, 1962)
Bancroft Prize (1950)
Loubat Prize (1948)

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The British Empire before the American Revolution.… door Lawrence Henry Gipson

Another Volume in L.H. Gipson's exhaustive survey of the Empire prior to the American War of Independence. This one deals with the Quebec, Nova Scotia, Florida and Carribean and Indian areas of the Empire. Informative, but not lively.

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DinadansFriend | 1 andere bespreking | Jun 1, 2014 |

The Great War for the Empire: The Victorious Years,… door Lawrence Henry GIPSON

Lawrence Gipson wrote a 15 volume history of the 18th Century British Empire. He thought it was a pretty good thing, with the levels of communication available in those days. This is the 7th Volume, covering the years of British victory in the Seven Years' War. Best read in concert with the other volumes, but a very competent chapter.

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DinadansFriend | 1 andere bespreking | May 31, 2014 |

The British Empire Before the American Revolution… door Lawrence Henry Gipson

At one time this was the standard text regarding the British Empire prior to the troubles in 1776. The text is clearly written and informative. It is a good second go-round detailed survey of what the Americans chose to revolt against. It doesn't seem that ghastly an empire to me, but then I only know a little about the other contenders at the time.

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DinadansFriend | 1 andere bespreking | May 30, 2014 |

The British Empire Before the American Revolution… door Lawrence Henry Gipson

1713 The British Empire Before the American Revolution Volume I: The British Isles and the American Colonies Great Britain and Ireland 1748-1754, by Lawrence Henry Gipson (read 9 May 1982) The author is a historian and this work has been called "the most distinguished multivolume work by any living American historian" so it has seemed to me I should read it. This first volume tries to tell what England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland were like in 1750, and this is done by telling about what the author has found in old records and old books--the modern historian's way. One wonders if he has looked at enough old records and books, or if there are enough to tell what things were really like. The volume is uneven--some things interest, others are dull. Economic history is not my greatest interest, and there is a lot of this in this volume. But it seems worthwhile to read the set.… (meer)

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