Studies In British Imperial History

Author : Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000391299

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De-Illustrating the History of the British Empire by Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes Pdf

De-Illustrating the History of the British Empire aims to offer a timely and inclusive contribution to the evolving cross-disciplinary scholarship that connects visual studies with British imperial historiography. The key purpose of this book is to introduce scholars and students of British imperial and Commonwealth history to a clearly presented and diversely themed evaluation of several "visual manuscripts" – images of all genres depicting particular events, personalities, social and cultural contexts – that document the development of some of the British imperial and post-colonial visual literacies history. The concept of "visual manuscripts" alongside theories of visual anthropology and memory studies are addressed across the entire volume thus allowing the readers to approach with greater ease the discourse on imperial iconography and historiography.

Author : Gordon Martel,Wayne Lavender
Publisher : Springer
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1986-06-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349182442

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Studies in British Imperial History by Gordon Martel,Wayne Lavender Pdf

Author : Stephen Howe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000158403

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The New Imperial Histories Reader by Stephen Howe Pdf

In recent years, imperial history has experienced a newfound vigour, dynamism and diversity. There has been an explosion of new work in the field, which has been driven into even greater prominence by contemporary world events. However, this resurgence has brought with it disputes between those who are labelled as exponents of a ‘new imperial history’ and those who can, by default, be termed old imperial historians. This collection not only gathers together some of the most important, influential and controversial work which has come to be labelled ‘new imperial history’, but also presents key examples of innovative recent writing across the broader fields of imperial and colonial studies. This book is the perfect companion for any student interested in empires and global history.

Author : C. A. Bayly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317870678

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Imperial Meridian by C. A. Bayly Pdf

In this impressive and ambitious survey Dr Bayly studies the rise, apogee and decline of what has come to be called `the Second British Empire' -- the great expansion of British dominion overseas (particularly in Asia and the Middle East) during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic era that, coming between the loss of America and the subsequent partition of Africa, constitutes the central phase of British imperial history.

Author : Simon Potter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137341846

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British Imperial History by Simon Potter Pdf

Why did the British empire expand so dramatically in the late 18th and 19th centuries – and why did it then collapse so rapidly after the Second World War? Drawing on the latest scholarship from around the world, British Imperial History provides a clear, critical survey of the major concepts and theories used by historians of the modern British empire. British Imperial History: - Brings together in a single volume the key ideas used by political, economic, social and cultural historians, using a theoretical rather than a narrative approach - Examines debates from the origins of British imperialism to decolonization - Includes a chapter on the recent academic turn towards global history. This informative guide to the historiography of the British empire is essential for all students of the topic, and is equally useful for those studying historical approaches in general.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1403535432

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Studies in British and imperial history by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ronald Hyam
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781139788465

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Understanding the British Empire by Ronald Hyam Pdf

Understanding the British Empire draws on a lifetime's research and reflection on the history of the British Empire by one of the senior figures in the field. Essays cover six key themes: the geopolitical and economic dynamics of empire, religion and ethics, imperial bureaucracy, the contribution of political leaders, the significance of sexuality, and the shaping of imperial historiography. A major new introductory chapter draws together the wider framework of Dr Hyam's studies and several new chapters focus on lesser known figures. Other chapters are revised versions of earlier papers, reflecting some of the debates and controversies raised by the author's work, including the issue of sexual exploitation, the European intrusion into Africa, including the African response to missionaries, trusteeship, and Winston Churchill's imperial attitudes. Combining traditional archival research with newer forms of cultural exploration, this is an unusually wide-ranging approach to key aspects of empire.

Author : Dane Kennedy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474278881

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The Imperial History Wars by Dane Kennedy Pdf

The history of the British Empire, a subject that had slipped into obscurity when the empire came to an end, has since made a stunning comeback, generating a series of heated debates about the causes, character, and consequences of empire. In this volume Dane Kennedy offers a wide-ranging assessment of the main schools of thought that have transformed the way we view the British Empire and the world it helped to create. Navigating a clear course through these intellectual waters requires an awareness of their shifting currents and a commitment to tracking their changing character over time. Dane Kennedy has contributed to the imperial history wars for more than thirty years, and in this volume he brings his most important writings, along with brand new material, together for the first time to provide a sweeping overview of the subject and the debates that have shaped it. The Imperial History Wars is essential reading for any student or scholar of the British Empire.

Author : Timothy H. Parsons
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442250932

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The British Imperial Century, 1815–1914 by Timothy H. Parsons Pdf

This book provides a concise overview of the British Empire from its origins in the early nineteenth century, to its climax at mid-century, to its denouement on the eve of World War I. Considering the impact of imperial rule on subject peoples, Parsons explores the themes of cross-cultural social and environmental interaction from a world history perspective.

Author : Dane Kennedy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474278898

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The Imperial History Wars by Dane Kennedy Pdf

The history of the British Empire, a subject that had slipped into obscurity when the empire came to an end, has since made a stunning comeback, generating a series of heated debates about the causes, character, and consequences of empire. In this volume Dane Kennedy offers a wide-ranging assessment of the main schools of thought that have transformed the way we view the British Empire and the world it helped to create. Navigating a clear course through these intellectual waters requires an awareness of their shifting currents and a commitment to tracking their changing character over time. Dane Kennedy has contributed to the imperial history wars for more than thirty years, and in this volume he brings his most important writings, along with brand new material, together for the first time to provide a sweeping overview of the subject and the debates that have shaped it. The Imperial History Wars is essential reading for any student or scholar of the British Empire.

Author : Archibald Paton Thornton,Gordon Martel
Publisher : New York, N.Y. : St. Martin's Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Grande-Bretagne - Colonies - Histoire
ISBN : 0312770804

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Studies in British Imperial History by Archibald Paton Thornton,Gordon Martel Pdf

Author : Benno Gammerl
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785337109

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Subjects, Citizens, and Others by Benno Gammerl Pdf

Bosnian Muslims, East African Masai, Czech-speaking Austrians, North American indigenous peoples, and Jewish immigrants from across Europe—the nineteenth-century British and Habsburg Empires were characterized by incredible cultural and racial-ethnic diversity. Notwithstanding their many differences, both empires faced similar administrative questions as a result: Who was excluded or admitted? What advantages were granted to which groups? And how could diversity be reconciled with demands for national autonomy and democratic participation? In this pioneering study, Benno Gammerl compares Habsburg and British approaches to governing their diverse populations, analyzing imperial formations to reveal the legal and political conditions that fostered heterogeneity.

Author : Antoinette Burton
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807860656

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Burdens of History by Antoinette Burton Pdf

In this study of British middle-class feminism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Antoinette Burton explores an important but neglected historical dimension of the relationship between feminism and imperialism. Demonstrating how feminists in the United Kingdom appropriated imperialistic ideology and rhetoric to justify their own right to equality, she reveals a variety of feminisms grounded in notions of moral and racial superiority. According to Burton, Victorian and Edwardian feminists such as Josephine Butler, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, and Mary Carpenter believed that the native women of colonial India constituted a special 'white woman's burden.' Although there were a number of prominent Indian women in Britain as well as in India working toward some of the same goals of equality, British feminists relied on images of an enslaved and primitive 'Oriental womanhood' in need of liberation at the hands of their emancipated British 'sisters.' Burton argues that this unquestioning acceptance of Britain's imperial status and of Anglo-Saxon racial superiority created a set of imperial feminist ideologies, the legacy of which must be recognized and understood by contemporary feminists.

Author : Phillip Buckner
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774850667

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Canada and the End of Empire by Phillip Buckner Pdf

Sir John Seeley once wrote that the British Empire was acquired in “a fit of absence of mind.” Whatever the truth of this comment, it is certainly arguable that the Empire was dismantled in such a fit. This collection deals with a neglected subject in post-Confederation Canadian history – the implications to Canada and Canadians of British decolonization and the end of empire. Canada and the End of Empire looks at Canadian diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom and the United States, the Suez crisis, the changing economic relationship with Great Britain in the 1950s and 1960s, the role of educational and cultural institutions in maintaining the British connection, the royal tour of 1959, the decision to adopt a new flag in 1964, the efforts to find a formula for repatriating the constitution, the Canadianization of the Royal Canadian Navy, and the attitude of First Nations to the changed nature of the Anglo-Canadian relationship. Historians in Commonwealth countries tend to view the end of British rule from a nationalist perspective. Canada and the End of Empire challenges this view and demonstrates the centrality of imperial history in Canadian historiography. An important addition to the growing canon of empire studies and imperial history, this book will be of interest to historians of the Commonwealth, and to scholars and students interested in the relationship between colonialism and nationalism.

Author : Dane Keith Kennedy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 1474278906

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The Imperial History Wars by Dane Keith Kennedy Pdf

Imperial history and postcolonial theory -- The boundaries of Oxford's empire -- Imperial history and postcolonial studies revisited -- Exploration and empire -- The white man's world -- Debating the end of empire: exceptionalism and its critics -- On the American empire from a British imperial perspective -- The means and ends of empire -- The imperial history wars -- Does British history matter anymore?: Reflections on the age of Brexit and Trump