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Britain''s Experience of Empire in the Twentieth Century

English · Paperback / Softback

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

About the author

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.

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

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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

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