Writing imperial histories / edited by Andrew S. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thompson, Andrew S. (Andrew Stuart), 1968- editor.

Series:

Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)

Studies in imperialism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism--Historiography.

Imperialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 293 pages) : illustration (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

MSI edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This volume appraises the critical contribution of the 'Studies in Imperialism' series to the writing of imperial histories as the series passes its 100th publication. It brings together some of the most distinguished scholars writing today to explore the major intellectual trends in imperial history.

Contents:

The MacKenziean moment in retrospect (or how one hundred volumes bloomed) / Stuart Ward

The power of culture and the cultures of power: John MacKenzie and the study of imperialism / Cherry Leonardi

Sex matters: sexuality and the writing of colonial history / Robert Aldrich

Exploration, the environment and empire / Dane Kennedy

Spatial concepts and the historical geographies of British colonialism / Alan Lester

Policing the colonial crowd: patterns of policing in the European empires during the depression years / Martin Thomas

Whatever happened to the Third British empire? Empire, nation redux / Mrinalini Sinha

Media, India and the Raj / Chandrika Kaul

Empires, diasporas and cultural circulation / Sunil S. Amrith

Decolonisation, space and power: immigration, welfare and housing in Britain and France, 1945-1974 / Jim House and Andrew Thompson.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781526112545

152611254X

9781526112552

1526112558

OCLC:

981602839