The imperial history wars : debating the British Empire

The history of the British Empire, a subject that had slipped into obscurity when the empire came to an end, has since made a stunning comeback, generating a series of heated debates about the causes, character, and consequences of empire. In this volume Dane Kennedy offers a wide-ranging assessment...

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Auteur principal : Kennedy Dane Keith (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : The imperial history wars : debating the British Empire / Dane Kennedy
Publié : London, UK, New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc , 2018
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (vii-217 pages)
Contenu : Introduction. Imperial history and postcolonial theory. The boundaries of Oxford's empire. Imperial history and postcolonial studies revisited. Exploration and empire. The white man's world. Debating the end of empire : exceptionalism and its critics. On the American empire from a British imperial perspective. The means and ends of empire. The imperial history wars. Epilogue : does British history matter anymore? : reflections on the age of Brexit and Trump
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330 |a The history of the British Empire, a subject that had slipped into obscurity when the empire came to an end, has since made a stunning comeback, generating a series of heated debates about the causes, character, and consequences of empire. In this volume Dane Kennedy offers a wide-ranging assessment of the main schools of thought that have transformed the way we view the British Empire and the world it helped to create. Kennedy has contributed to the imperial history wars for more than thirty years. In this volume he brings his most important writings, along with brand new material, together to provide a sweeping overview of the subject and the debates that have shaped it. The Imperial History Wars is essential reading for any student or scholar of the British Empire. -- from back cover 
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