Charlotte Lydia Riley

Imperial Island

An Alternative History of the British Empire

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

After the Second World War, Britain's overseas empire disintegrated. But over the next seventy years, empire came to define Britain and its people as never before. Drawing on a mass of new research, Riley tells a story of immigration and exclusion, social strife and cultural transformation. It is the story that best explains Britain today.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 162mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 626g
• ISBN-13: 9780674258495
• ISBN-10: 0674258495
• Artikelnr.: 68902814

Autorenporträt

Charlotte Lydia Riley

Rezensionen

Riley's absorbing new book ... [is] a history of modern multicultural Britain and the myriad ways in which it has been shaped by empire and imperialism ... Riley's skills as a social historian are demonstrated to best effect in her use of personal testimonies, oral histories and popular culture sources to bring to life the everyday experiences of new migrants ... The book is particularly rich on civil society campaigns against racism, and at documenting the political role played by the anti-war left in modern Britain ... dexterously handled and carefully sourced Financial Times