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British Empire

Autor Stockwell
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This volume adopts a distinctive thematic approach to the history of British imperialism from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It brings together leading scholars of British imperial history: Tony Ballantyne, John Darwin, Andrew Dilley, Elizabeth Elbourne, Kent Fedorowich, Eliga Gould, Catherine Hall, Stephen Howe, Sarah Stockwell, Andrew Thompson, Stuart Ward, and Jon Wilson.
  • Each contributor offers a personal assessment of the topic at hand, and examines key interpretive debates among historians
  • Addresses many of the core issues that constitute a broad understanding of the British Empire, including the economics of the empire, the empire and religion, and imperial identities
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781405125345
ISBN-10: 1405125349
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 183 x 260 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.92 kg
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Chichester, United Kingdom

Public țintă

undergraduate and postgraduate students studying colonial and imperial history; scholars working in the field of imperial, colonial, and commonwealth history

Notă biografică

Sarah Stockwell is senior lecturer in Imperial and Commonwealth History at King's College London. Her previous publications include The Business of Decolonization: British Business Strategies in the Gold Coast (2000) and Imperial Policy and Colonial Practice 1925-1945 (1996).

Cuprins

Notes on Contributors. Foreword.
List of Abbreviations.
Maps.
1. Britain's Empires: John Darwin.
2. Foundations of Empire, 1763-1783: Eliga Gould.
3. Empire and Ideology: Stephen Howe.
4. Empire and the British State: Andrew Thompson.
5. The British Empire on the Move, 1760-1914: Kent Fedorowich.
6. Economics and Empire: Andrew Dilley.
7. Religion in the British Empire: Elizabeth Elbourne.
8. Colonial Knowledge: Tony Ballantyne.
9. Agency, Narrative, and Resistance: Jon E. Wilson.
10. Culture and Identity in Imperial Britain: Catherine Hall.
11. Imperial Identities: Stuart Ward.
12. Ends of Empire: S. E. Stockwell.
Bibliography.
Index

Descriere

This volume adopts a distinctive thematic approach to the history of British imperialism from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, bringing together leading scholars representing an unusually wide range of historical approaches to the British Empire.