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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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| Format : | Book |
| Language : | anglais |
| Title statement : | The imperial history wars : debating the British Empire / Dane Kennedy |
| Published : |
London, UK, New York, NY, USA :
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
, 2018 |
| Physical Description : | 1 vol. (vii-217 pages) |
| Content : | 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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BU Lettres
| Location | Call Number | Loan type | Status |
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| Salle C (1er étage) Sociologie | 325.3 KEN | Empruntable | Available |