Overview

The British Empire was an astonishingly complex and varied phenomenon, not to be reduced to any of the simple generalisations or theories that are often taken to characterise it. One way of illustrating this, and so conveying some of the subtle flavour of the thing itself, is to descend from the over-arching to the particular, and describe and discuss aspects of it in detail. This book, by the well-known imperial historian Bernard Porter, ranges among a wide range of the events and personalities that shaped or were shaped by British imperialism, or by its decline in the post-war years. These include chapters on science, drugs, battles, proconsuls, an odd assortment of imperialists including Kipling, Lady Hester Stanhope and TE Lawrence, architecture, music, the role of MI6 and the reputation of the Empire since its demise. Together the chapters inform, explain, provoke, and occasionally amuse; but above all they demonstrate the kaleidoscopic variety and ambivalence of Britain s imperial history.""

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Author:   Professor Bernard Porter (University of Newcastle, UK)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Weight:   0.426kg
ISBN:  

9781350153882

ISBN 10:   1350153885
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   30 April 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Section I: Empire and Imperialism Ch. 01: Cutting the Empire down to size Ch.02: Wealth or Commonwealth? The History of a Paradox Ch.03: The Men on the Spot Ch.04: Science in Africa Ch.05 Cannabis and Empire Section II: Imperial Wars Ch.06: The War of 1812 Ch.07: The Opium Wars Ch. 08 The Zulu Wars Ch.09: Victoria's Other Wars Ch.10: The Falklands War Section III: Imperialists Ch.11: George Bogle Ch.12: Stamford Raffles Ch.13: Lady Hester Stanhope Ch.14: Rudyard bloody Kipling Ch.15: Lord Cromer Ch.16: Henry Morton Stanley Ch.17: More Explorers Ch.18: Lawrence of Arabia Ch.19: The Butcher of Amritsar Ch.20: The Mercenary Section IV: The Empire at Home Ch.21: Further thoughts on imperial absent-mindedness Ch.22: Imperialism contested Ch.23: Elgar and Empire Ch.24: Architecture and Empire Section V: The end of Empire and after Ch.25: Atrocity in Kenya Ch.26: The Central African Federation Ch.27: Decolonisation in Asia Ch.28: Secret Services: the last penumbra of Empire Ch.29: After-Images of Empire Conclusion Appendix I: Where I Come From Appendix II: Acknowledgments

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Bernard Porter is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Newcastle. He has also taught at the Universities of Cambridge, Hull, Yale, Sydney, Stockholm and Copenhagen. He has published eleven books, many of them on imperial themes, including Critics of Empire, The Lion s Share, The Absent-Minded Imperialists and British Imperial. He also contributes regularly to the London Review of Books, the Guardian, and other journals.""

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