Britain''s Experience of Empire in the Twentieth Century

The first systematic investigation of the impact of imperialism on twentieth-century Britain.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Andrew Thompson's previous publications include The Empire Strikes Back? The Impact of Imperialism on Britain from the Mid-Nineteenth Century (2005) and Empire and Globalisation. Networks of People, Goods and Capital in the British World, c.1850-1914 (2010). He is currently a Council member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and serves on the editorial boards of South African Historical Journal and Twentieth Century British History.

Zusammenfassung

The first systematic investigation of the impact of imperialism on twentieth-century Britain.

Zusatztext

This volume is essential reading for anyone interested in what the empire and its loss meant to Britain in the twentieth century-and, indeed, what it continues to mean today. Andrew Thompson and his contributors provide a wide-ranging, well-balanced, and highly illuminating assessment of the subject. It will engage and inform specialists, students, and general readers alike

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Andrew Thompson, Andrew ( Thompson, Andrew (Professor of Modern History Thompson
• Mitarbeit: Andrew Thompson (Herausgeber), Andrew (Professor of Modern History Thompson (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 13.10.2016
• EAN: 9780198794646
• ISBN: 978-0-19-879464-6
• Seiten: 368
• Serien: Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series; Oxford History of the British; Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series; Oxford History of the British
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Vergleichende und internationale Politikwissenschaft; European History, British Empire, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Colonialism and imperialism