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Imperial legacies : the British Empire around the world / Jeremy Black.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Black, Jeremy, 1955- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Liberty.
- Great Britain--Colonies--History.
- Great Britain.
- United States--Foreign relations.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Encounter Books, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Britain yesterday; America today. The reality of being top dog is that everybody hates you. In this provocative book, noted historian and commentator Jeremy Black shows how criticisms of the legacy of the British Empire are in part criticisms of the reality of American power today. He emphasizes the prominence of imperial rule in history and in the world today, and the selective way in which certain countries are castigated. A wide ranging and vigorous assault on political correctness, it's language, misuse of the past, and grasping of both present and future."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Competing histories
- Why empire?
- British rule and foundation accounts : India and Ireland
- China and the United States
- Australia, Canada and New Zealand
- Responding to the world that empire made
- The slave trade and racism
- The view from Britain
- Conclusions.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781641770392
- 1641770392
- OCLC:
- 1455129375
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