Debate on the Rise of the British Empire

Informationen zum Autor Anthony Webster is Head of History at Edge Hill College of Higher Education Klappentext Examines the rise of the British empire and the various debates among historians of imperialism over the past two hundred years. It discusses why the empire is so attractive to historians, why there is so much debate and controversy surrounding the subject. Zusammenfassung Examines the rise of the British empire and the various debates among historians of imperialism over the past two hundred years. It discusses why the empire is so attractive to historians! why there is so much debate and controversy surrounding the subject. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The British Empire: an enduring fascination2. Justifying British imperialism: the changing rationale of the empire builders3. Capitalism's critics and defenders: early twentieth century economic explanations of Victorian British imperial expansion4. Metropole, periphery and informal empire: the Gallagher and Robinson controversy of the 1950s and after5. Cultural explanations of British imperialism I: post colonial theory and its critics6. Cultural explanations of British imperialism II: religion, race, gender and class7. The metropole strikes back: the new debate about gentlemanly capitalism and empire 1980-20048. The future of Britain's imperial history?Further reading

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Anthony Webster
• Mitarbeit: Richardson Roger (Herausgeber der Reihe)
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 28.05.2006
• EAN: 9780719067938
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-6793-8
• Seiten: 208
• Serien: Issues in Historiography; Issues in Historiography
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Geografie; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Geographical discovery & exploration, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Geographical discovery and exploration, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599