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HASSET Thesaurus

Concept information

HISTORY AND ASSOCIATED STUDIES > HISTORY > MODERN HISTORY > BRITISH EMPIRE

Preferred term

BRITISH EMPIRE  

Definition

  • THE EMPIRE CONSISTING OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE OTHER BRITISH POSSESSIONS, DOMINIONS, AND DEPENDENCIES. THE EMPIRE WAS AT ITS HEIGHT DURING THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA (1837-1901), BUT IT WAS UNABLE TO SURVIVE THE GLOBAL POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CHANGES OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY AND ANY RESIDUAL COLONIAL POWER HELD BY BRITAIN WAS DISMANTLED IN THE DECADES FOLLOWING THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR (1939-45).

Broader concept

History note

  • TERM CREATED NOVEMBER 2012

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Definition source

  • OED

URI

https://hasset.ukdataservice.ac.uk/f69699c8-06dd-4912-978d-8bc6820715ca

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