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The British Empire: Pomp, Power and Postcolonialism

By: Johnson Robert
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 This brief study of Imperialism offers a concise overview of Britain’s role in Colonialism, the slavery issue, the British Raj and the scramble for Africa, and probes the motives for empire and continuing issues of post-colonialism. Its contents are: I: A Journey over Palm and Pine: An Overview of Histories, Peoples and Developments 1. Early Colonialism: Exploration, Exploitation and Chartered Companies; 2. The Company Raj (India) and the Loss of the American Colonies; 3. Slavery, Anti-Slavery, Liberalism and Imperialism; 4. Imperial Expansion in the Nineteenth Century; 5. War, Retreat and Transformation in the Twentieth Century. II: Problems in Interpretation: Historiography, Post-Colonialism and Sources 6. Historiography: approaches to the history of the British Empire; 7. Post-Colonialism: Explanation and Evaluation; 8. Sources: Eurocentrism, the ‘silenced’ sources, and the problem of ‘representation’. III: Issues and Debates 9. Controversies over the Motives for Empire; 10. The Colonies of Settlement: Colonisation, Identities and Narratives; 11. The Nature of Imperialism: How did the British Empire Function? 12. Collaboration and Resistance; 13. Race, Class and Gender
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