The debate on the the [sic] rise of the British empire
Anthony Webster.
Bok Engelsk 2006 Anthony. Webster,· Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Manchester ; New York : New York : : Manchester University Press ; : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave, , 2006.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (208 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Copyright; CONTENTS; GENERAL EDITOR'S FOREWORD; PREFACE; 1 The British empire: an enduring fascination; 2 Justifying British imperialism: the changing rationale of the empire builders; 3 Capitalism's critics and defenders: early twentieth-century economic explanations of Victorian British imperial expansion; 4 Metropole, periphery and informal empire: the Gallagher and Robinson controversy of the 1950's and after; 5 Cultural explanations of British imperialism I: post-colonial theory and its critics; 6 Cultural explanations of British imperialism II: religion, race, gender and class. - 7 The metropole strikes back: the new debate about gentlemanly capitalism and empire, 1980-2004 8 The future of Britain's imperial history?; FURTHER READING; INDEX. - This fascinating and highly useful book examines the rise of the British empire and the various debates among historians of imperialism over the past two hundred years. It discusses why the empire is so attractive to historians, why there is so much debate and controversy surrounding the subject, and how different generations of historians have read the various episodes in the history of the empire often radically differently.Chapters look at the enduring fascination with the empire among historians; early twentieth century economic explanations for the dynamic expansion of the empire in the
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| ISBN | 1-84779-158-1
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