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Author:   Professor Stuart Ward ,  Associate Professor Astrid Rasch
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.336kg
ISBN:  

9781350113794

ISBN 10:   1350113794
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   25 July 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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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

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This assemblage of formidable essays illuminates the myriad understandings of yesteryear's empire and today's Empire 2.0 and their roles in the Brexit debates. Thought-provoking and deftly concise, this collection should be assigned reading for scholars and general audiences alike. * Caroline Elkins, Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Harvard University, USA * A serious, scholarly engagement with the legacies of empire in Brexit Britain is long overdue. This book brings together an impressive array of scholars in a volume to make all sides think, argue and look afresh at the afterlives of empire in modern Britain. * Robert Saunders, Senior Lecturer in History, Queen Mary University of London, UK * Embers of Empire in Brexit Britain is a vital contribution to understanding the causes and the meanings of Brexit. It is essential reading for making sense of the current predicament. * Duncan Bell, Reader in Political Thought and International Relations, University of Cambridge, UK *

This assemblage of formidable essays illuminates the myriad understandings of yesteryear's empire and today's Empire 2.0, their roles in the Brexit debates, and, ultimately, their roles in broader international, national, and self understandings in Britain, continental Europe, and the post-colonial world. Thought-provoking, deftly concise, and lucidly presented, this collection should be assigned reading for scholars and general audiences, alike. * Caroline Elkins, Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Harvard University, USA * A serious, scholarly engagement with the legacies of empire in Brexit Britain is long overdue. Embers of Empire in Brexit Britain brings together an impressive array of scholars, in a volume to make all sides think, argue and look afresh at the afterlives of empire in modern Britain. * Robert Saunders, Senior Lecturer in History, Queen Mary University of London, UK *

Author Information

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).

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