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Informationen zum Autor Andrew S. Thompson is Professor of Modern History, University of Exeter Klappentext This book appraises the critical contribution of the Studies in Imperialism series to the writing of imperial histories as the series passes its 100th publication. The volume brings together some of the most distinguished scholars writing today to explore the major intellectual trends in Imperial history. Zusammenfassung This book appraises the critical contribution of the Studies in Imperialism series to the writing of imperial histories as the series passes its 100th publication. The volume brings together some of the most distinguished scholars writing today to explore the major intellectual trends in Imperial history. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Andrew Thompson1. The MacKenziean moment in retrospect (or how one hundred volumes bloomed) - Stuart Ward2. The power of culture and the cultures of power: John MacKenzie and the study of imperialism - Cherry Leonardi3. Sex matters: Sexuality and the writing of colonial history - Robert Aldrich4. Exploration, the environment, and empire - Dane Kennedy5. Spatial concepts and the historical geographies of British colonialism - Alan Lester6. Policing the colonial crowd: Patterns of policing in the European empires during the Depression years - Martin Thomas7. Whatever Happened to the Third British Empire?: Empire, nation redux - Mrinalini Sinha8. Media, India and the Raj - Chandrika Kaul9. Empires, diasporas and cultural circulation - Sunil Amrith10. Decolonisation, space and power: Immigration, welfare and housing in Britain and France, 1945-74 - Jim House and Andrew ThompsonAfterword - John Mackenzie Index
