British Imperial History

ISBN-13: 9781137341839 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 176 str.

Simon Potter

Opis

Imperial historians have developed and discarded an astonishing range of concepts and theoretical tools. The British Empire offers us a particularly fertile terrain for the study of the relationship between history and theory, revealing how changing theoretical currents have shaped, and continue to shape, the writing of imperial history.

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Expansion and Contraction 2. Control 3. Difference 4. Identity 5. Going Global Conclusions Glossary Notes Further Reading Index.

O autorze

Simon Potter is Reader in Modern History at Bristol University, UK.