Empire : The British Imperial Experience from 1765 to the Present
Publication details: New York: BasicBooks, ©1996.Description: xxvi, 518 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN:- 0465019528 9780465019526
- DA 16 .J88 1996
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Books | Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa | Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa | General Stacks | DA 16 .J88 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 3 | Not For Loan (Restricted Access) | Prof. Jan-Georg Deutsch, Bk.No.00504 | 18891 |
Originally published: London : Harper Collins, 1996.
Abstract
In this impressively researched and always entertaining book, the esteemed British historian Denis Judd analyzes the imperial experience from the American Revolution to the present day. He examines the ways in which Empire affected both rulers and ruled, and the roles of significant personalities - from Queen Victoria to Nelson Mandela, Cecil Rhodes to Jomo Kenyatta, Joseph Chamberlain to Mahatma Gandhi. What was so special about the "special relationship" between Britain and the United States? Did the maintenance of the Empire artificially prolong Britain's Great Power status, camouflaging economic and national decline? Did it encourage chauvinistic, even racist, attitudes? Were subjects better off under the British than they would have been under their own elites and leaders? What was the difference between exploitation and development? In the end, what does the balance sheet of Empire look like?
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