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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Bernard Porter |
ISBN: | 9780199299591 0199299595 |
OCLC Number: | 860433161 |
Description: | xxii, 475 p. ; 24 cm |
Contents: | 1. Empire and Society ; 2. Participation ; 3. The Prefects ; 4. The Middle Classes at School ; 5. Trade, Liberty, and Empire: the Middle Classes to 1880 ; 6. Not in Front of the Servants ; 7. Culture and Empire ; 8. Peril and Propaganda c.1900 ; 9. What About the Workers? ; 10. Imperialists, Other Imperialists, and Others ; 11. Empire on Condition 1914-40 ; 12. Repercussions ; 13. Recapitulation and Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index ; 1. Empire and Society ; 2. Participation ; 3. The Prefects ; 4. The Middle Classes at School ; 5. Trade, Liberty, and Empire: the Middle Classes to 1880 ; 6. Not in Front of the Servants ; 7. Culture and Empire ; 8. Peril and Propaganda c.1900 ; 9. What About the Workers? ; 10. Imperialists, Other Imperialists, and Others ; 11. Empire on Condition 1914-40 ; 12. Repercussions ; 13. Recapitulation and Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Index |
Responsibility: | Bernard Porter. |
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...an important book on empires. * Manan Ahmed, South Asia News * ...[a] spirited and wide-ranging polemic ... an important book in every respect ... highly readable, and perfectly pitched to win friends and provoke enemies. * Stuart Ward, History Workshop Journal * Read more...
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