Imperial Sceptics - British Critics of Empire, 1850-1920

Klappentext In this book, Gregory Claeys proposes a new chronology for the emergence of opposition to the British Empire from 1850 to 1920. Zusammenfassung Imperial Sceptics provides a highly original analysis of the emergence of opposition to the British Empire. Tracing critical strands of anti-imperial thought from 1850 to the First World War! Gregory Claeys proposes a new chronology for the contours of resistance to imperial expansion! shedding fresh light on nineteenth-century political thought. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: audi alteram partem: imperialism and the moral imagination; 1. Positivist diplomacy; 2. Socialism and empire: from Little England to Socialist Commonwealth 1850-1920; 3. Contextualising Hobson: civilisation, utility and socialist imperialism; Conclusion: the fruits of imperial scepticism.

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• Authors: Gregory Claeys, Gregory (Royal Holloway Claeys, Claeys Gregory
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.08.2012
• EAN: 9781107407091
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40709-1
• No. of pages: 356
• Series: Ideas in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas