British Empire Themes and Perspectives

Name: British Empire Themes and Perspectives
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ISBN: 9781405125352

ISBN-10: 1405125357

ISBN-13: 9781405125352

Edition: 2008

Authors: Sarah E. Stockwell, Andrew Dilley, Tony Ballantyne, Elizabeth Elbourne, Kent Fedorowich

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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

Book details

List price: $52.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.70" long x 0.82" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Notes on Contributors


Preface


Abbreviations Used in Notes


Maps



Britain's Empires




Foundations of Empire, 1763-83




Empire and the British State




The British Empire on the Move, 1760-1914




The Economics of Empire




Religion in the British Empire




Empire and Ideology




Colonial Knowledge




Culture and Identity in Imperial Britain




Imperial Identities Abroad




Agency, Narrative, and Resistance




Ends of Empire



Consolidated Bibliography


Index