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Britain's Experience of Empire in the Twentieth Century
Edited by Andrew Thompson
368 pages
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234x156mm
978-0-19-923658-9
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Hardback
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08 December 2011
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- The first volume in a growing body of literature on the impact of imperialism on Britain to focus on the twentieth century, so opens up a new (chronological) perspective on Britain's experience of empire
- The first companion volume of The Oxford History of the British Empire series to provide a concentrated focus on the empire's impact on modern British history
- Each chapter is written by a leading specialist in the field
- Considers how the colonial past is shaping our post-colonial present
Written by specialists from various fields, this edited volume is the first systematic investigation of the impact of imperialism on twentieth-century Britain. The contributors explore different aspects of Britain's imperial experience as the empire weathered the storms of the two world wars, was subsequently dismantled, and then apparently was gone. How widely was the empire's presence felt in British culture and society? What was the place of imperial questions in British party politics? Was Britain's status as a global power enhanced or underpinned by the existence of its empire? What was the relation of Britain's empire to national identities
within the United Kingdom?
The chapters range widely from social attitudes to empire and the place of the colonies in the public imagination, to the implications of imperialism for demography, trade, party politics and political culture, government and foreign policy, the churches and civil society, and the armed forces. The volume also addresses the fascinating yet complex question of how, after the formal end of empire, the colonial past has continued to impinge upon our post-colonial present, as contributors reflect upon the diverse ways in which the legacies of empire are interpreted and debated in Britain today.Readership: Academics and historians interested in any aspect of Britain's
imperial experience during the twentieth century, as well as the longer-term legacies of empire; students of modern British and Commonwealth history
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Edited by Andrew Thompson, Professor of Modern History, Department of History, University of Exeter 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.
Contributors:
Jeffrey Cox, Professor of History, University of Iowa
Krishnan Kumar, University Professor, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Virginia
Philip Murphy, Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Professor of British and Commonwealth History, University of London
Andrew Thompson, Professor of Modern History, Department of History, University of Exeter
Jim Tomlinson, Bonar Professor of Modern History, University of Dundee
Wendy Webster, Professor Emeritus of Contemporary British History, University of Central Lancashire
Richard
Whiting, Professor of Modern British History, University of Leeds
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"This companion volume to The Oxford History of the British Empire series is a valuable contribution to the growing field of imperial and postimperial studies. It provides a detailed examination of how the empire was experienced in 20th-century Britain, how and why it mattered, the demands it made, and how it shaped the British world outlook." - G. M. Stearns, CHOICE
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Andrew Thompson: Introduction
1: Philip Murphy: Britain as a Global Power in the Twentieth Century
2: Jeffrey Cox: From the Empire of Christ to the Third World: Religion and the Experience of Empire in the Twentieth Century
3: Wendy Webster: The Empire Comes Home: Commonwealth Migration to Britain
4: Richard Whiting: The Empire and British Politics
5: Jim Tomlinson: The Empire/Commonwealth in British Economic Thinking and Policy
6: Andrew Thompson with Meaghan Kowalsky: Social Life and Cultural Representation: Empire in the Public Imagination
7: Krishan Kumar: Empire, Nation, and National Identities
Andrew Thompson: Afterword: The Imprint of the Empire
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