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Empire Ways - Aspects of British Imperialism (Paperback)
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Empire Ways - Aspects of British Imperialism (Paperback)
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The British Empire was an astonishingly complex and varied
phenomenon, not to be reduced to any of the simple generalisations
or theories that are often taken to characterise it. One way of
illustrating this, and so conveying some of the subtle flavour of
the thing itself, is to descend from the over-arching to the
particular, and describe and discuss aspects of it in detail. This
book, by the well-known imperial historian Bernard Porter, ranges
among a wide range of the events and personalities that shaped or
were shaped by British imperialism, or by its decline in the
post-war years. These include chapters on science, drugs, battles,
proconsuls, an odd assortment of imperialists including Kipling,
Lady Hester Stanhope and TE Lawrence, architecture, music, the role
of MI6 and the reputation of the Empire since its demise. Together
the chapters inform, explain, provoke, and occasionally amuse; but
above all they demonstrate the kaleidoscopic variety and
ambivalence of Britain s imperial history."
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