The Imperial History Wars
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The Imperial History Wars

Debating the British Empire

  1. 232 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Imperial History Wars

Debating the British Empire

About this book

The history of the British Empire, a subject that had slipped into obscurity when the empire came to an end, has since made a stunning comeback, generating a series of heated debates about the causes, character, and consequences of empire. In this volume Dane Kennedy offers a wide-ranging assessment of the main schools of thought that have transformed the way we view the British Empire and the world it helped to create. Navigating a clear course through these intellectual waters requires an awareness of their shifting currents and a commitment to tracking their changing character over time. Dane Kennedy has contributed to the imperial history wars for more than thirty years, and in this volume he brings his most important writings, along with brand new material, together for the first time to provide a sweeping overview of the subject and the debates that have shaped it. The Imperial History Wars is essential reading for any student or scholar of the British Empire.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781474278867
eBook ISBN
9781474278898
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
19th Century History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1 Imperial History and Postcolonial Theory
  7. Chapter 2 The Boundaries of Oxford’s Empire
  8. Chapter 3 Imperial History and Postcolonial Studies Revisited
  9. Chapter 4 Exploration and Empire
  10. Chapter 5 The White Man’s World
  11. Chapter 6 Debating the End of Empire: Exceptionalism and its Critics
  12. Chapter 7 On the American Empire from a British Imperial Perspective
  13. Chapter 8 The Means and Ends of Empires
  14. Chapter 9 The Imperial History Wars
  15. Epilogue: Does British History Matter Anymore? Reflections on the Age of Brexit and Trump
  16. Notes
  17. Index