Anthony Webster

The debate on the rise of the British Empire

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Produktbeschreibung

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. -- .

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Produktdetails

• Issues in Historiography
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 260g
• ISBN-13: 9780719067938
• ISBN-10: 0719067936
• Artikelnr.: 22229674

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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 1950s 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