Debate on the Rise of the British Empire

Name: Debate on the Rise of the British Empire
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ISBN: 9780719067938

ISBN-10: 0719067936

ISBN-13: 9780719067938

Edition: 2006

Authors: Anthony Webster, Roger Richardson

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Anthony Webster examines the rise of the British empire and the various debates among historians of imperialism over two hundred years. He discusses why the empire is an attractive subject, why controversy surrounds it, and how different generations of historians have read the episodes in the history of the empire.

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication date: 5/28/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Anthony Webster is Head of History at Edge Hill College of Higher Education.



The British Empire: an enduring fascination


Justifying British imperialism: the changing rationale of the empire builders


Capitalism’s critics and defenders: early twentieth century economic explanations of Victorian British imperial expansion


Metropole, periphery and informal empire: the Gallagher and Robinson controversy of the 1950s and after


Cultural explanations of British imperialism I: post colonial theory and its critics


Cultural explanations of British imperialism II: religion, race, gender and class


The metropole strikes back: the new debate about gentlemanly capitalism and empire 1980-2004


The future of Britain’s imperial history?


Further reading The British Empire: an enduring fascination


Justifying British imperialism: the changing rationale of the empire builders


Capitalism’s critics and defenders: early twentieth century economic explanations of Victorian British imperial expansion


Metropole, periphery and informal empire: the Gallagher and Robinson controversy of the 1950s and after


Cultural explanations of British imperialism I: post colonial theory and its critics


Cultural explanations of British imperialism II: religion, race, gender and class


The metropole strikes back: the new debate about gentlemanly capitalism and empire 1980-2004


The future of Britain’s imperial history?


Further reading