The discovery of islands: essays in British history / J.G.A. Pocock.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Imperialism -- History.

Great Britain -- History.

New Zealand -- History.

Part I The field proposed: 1. The anitpodean perception (2003)

2. British history: a plea for a new subject (1973/1974)

Part II The three kingdoms and the English problem: 3. The field enlarged: an introduction (2004)

4. Two kingdoms and three histories? Political thought in British contexts (1994)

5. The Atlantic archipelago and the War of the Three Kingdoms (1996)

6. The Third Kingdom in its history (2000)

Part III Empire and rebellion in the first age of union: 7. Archipelago, Europe and Atlantic after 1688 (2003)

8. The significance of 1688: some reflections on Whig history (1991)

9. Empire, state and confederation: the War of American Independence as a crisis in multiple monarchy (1995) --10. The Union in British history (2000)

Part IV New Zealand in the strange multiplicity: 11. The neo-Britains and the three empires (2003)

12. Tangata whenua and Enlightenment anthropology (1992)

13. Law, sovereignty and history in a divided culture: the case of New Zealand and the Treaty of Waitangi (1992/1998)

Part V Britain, Europe and post-modern history: 14. Sovereignty and history in the late twentieth century (2003)

15. Deconstructing Europe

16. The politics of the new British history (2001)

17. Conclusion: history, sovereignty, identity (2003).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

052161645X

xiii, 344 p.