Embers of Empire in Brexit Britain (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Ward, Stuart; Rasch, Astrid

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

While the British Empire is long gone, it survives as a recurring flashpoint in heated debates about the present and future of Britain and the nations over which Britain once ruled. Embers of Empire in Brexit Britain turns a critical eye to the widely-held notion that the long shadow of the imperial past has much to answer for, and asks to what extent should the residual after-effects of Britain's colonial empire be taken at face value?

From the 'Rhodes must fall' controversy and contested anniversaries to immigration scares and the question of what Britishness is in a post-imperial world, an eclectic mix of expert researchers, writers and commentators consider the legacy of the British empire in the battle over Brexit. As the United Kingdom haggles its way out of the European Union and casts about for an alternative future, this volume shows how the memory of the empire is still as potent a political force as ever.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350113824
• Artikelnr.: 57137460

Autorenporträt

Stuart Ward is Professor and Head of the Saxo Institute of History, Ethnology, Archaeology and Classics at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is the author of The Unknown Nation: Australia After Empire (2010; co-authored with James Curran) and Australia and the British Embrace (2001), and the editor of British Culture and the End of Empire (2001). Astrid Rasch is Associate Professor of English in the Department of Language and Literature at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. She is the editor of Life Writing After Empire (2017).

Inhaltsangabe

Notes on Contributors 1. Introduction: Greater Britain
Global Britain Stuart Ward (University of Copenhagen
Denmark) and Astrid Rasch (Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norway) 2. Debating Empire 2.0 David Thackeray and Richard Toye (both University of Exeter
UK) 3. Brexit and the Anglosphere Mike Kenny (University of Cambridge
UK) and Nick Pearce (University of Bath
UK) 4. How Unique is Britain's Empire Complex? Elizabeth Buettner (University of Amsterdam
Netherlands) 5. Forgetfulness. England's Discontinuous Histories Bill Schwarz (Queen Mary University of London
UK) 6. Ireland and the English Question Fintan O'Toole (The Irish Times
Ireland) 7. Scotland
Brexit and the Persistence of Empire Neal Ascherson (University College London
UK) 8. Gibraltar: Brexit's Silent Partner Jennifer Ballantine Perera (University of Gibraltar
Gibraltar) 9. Brexit and the Other Special Relationship Camilla Schofield (University of East Anglia
UK) 10. Refugees
Migrants
Windrush and Brexit Yasmin Khan (University of Oxford
UK) 11. Rhodes Must Fall: Brexit and Circuits of Knowledge and Influence Saul Dubow (Cambridge University
UK) 12. Relics of Empire? Colonialism and the Culture Wars Katie Donington (London South Bank University
UK) 13. The Guerrilla Arts in Brexit Bristol Olivette Otele (Bath Spa University
UK) 14. Biggar vs Little Britain Richard Drayton (King's College London
UK) 15. Visions of China Robert Bickers (University of Bristol
UK) 16. Afterword Dane Kennedy (George Washington University
USA) Endnotes Index