{"product_id":"the-british-empire-isbn-9781405125352","title":"The British Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume adopts a distinctive thematic approach to the history of British imperialism from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. It brings together leading scholars of British imperial history: Tony Ballantyne, John Darwin, Andrew Dilley, Elizabeth Elbourne, Kent Fedorowich, Eliga Gould, Catherine Hall, Stephen Howe, Sarah Stockwell, Andrew Thompson, Stuart Ward, and Jon Wilson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach contributor offers a personal assessment of the topic at hand, and examines key interpretive debates among historians\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses many of the core issues that constitute a broad understanding of the British Empire, including the economics of the empire, the empire and religion, and imperial identities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations Used in Notes xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaps xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Britain’s Empires 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Darwin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Foundations of Empire, 1763–83 21\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEliga H. Gould\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Empire and the British State 39\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew Thompson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The British Empire on the Move, 1760–1914 63\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKent Fedorowich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Economics of Empire 101\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA. R. Dilley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Religion in the British Empire 131\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElisabeth Elbourne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Empire and Ideology 157\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Howe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Colonial Knowledge 177\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTony Ballantyne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Culture and Identity in Imperial Britain 199\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCatherine Hall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Imperial Identities Abroad 219\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStuart Ward\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Agency, Narrative, and Resistance 245\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJon E. Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Ends of Empire 269\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Stockwell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsolidated Bibliography 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 343\u003c\/p\u003e \"The British Empire: Themes and Perspectives is an impressive collection of twelve chapters by junior and senior scholars which presents overviews of various areas of scholarship on the British Empire . . . nevertheless, the vast scope of past and present historiography covered in The British Empire: Themes and Perspectives makes it an invaluable companion for students and scholars of the British Empire.\" (Canadian Journal of History, 1 October 2010)  \u003cp\u003e \"By putting the 'old' political, economic, intellectual history in conversation with newer concerns about culture, gender, race, sexuality, identity-formation, and migration, this approach might be a very important way of reinvigorating the study of empire.\" (\u003ci\u003eVictorian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, Autumn 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \"It will provide a most stimulating companion for students and researchers alike.\" (\u003ci\u003eEnglish Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, June 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \"This book provides a wide-ranging, judicious, and insightful survey of some of the most important contemporary issues in British imperial and colonial historiography. Editor Stockwell (King's College London) has assembled 12 excellent essays on a representative sample of themes. Stockwell has cut through the polemics that have sometimes characterized scholarly debate in imperial history, demonstrating that the field's strengths are greater than the sum of its parts. Essential.\" (\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e, December 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSarah Stockwell\u003c\/b\u003e is senior lecturer in Imperial and Commonwealth History at King’s College London. Her previous publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Business of Decolonization: British Business Strategies in the Gold Coast\u003c\/i\u003e (2000) and \u003ci\u003eImperial Policy and Colonial Practice 1925-1945 \u003c\/i\u003e(1996).  This volume adopts a distinctive thematic approach to the history of British imperialism from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, bringing together leading scholars representing an unusually wide range of historical approaches to the British Empire.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe contributors tackle the core themes in the history of the British Empire, including economics, religion, ideology, migration, the state, foundations of empire, decolonization, colonial knowledge, and imperial culture and identities. The essays trace the trajectory of their subject and explore how current understandings of issues have developed, examining key debates among historians.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe British Empire is essential reading for all students and scholars of imperial and colonial history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors: Tony Ballantyne, John Darwin, Andrew Dilley, Elizabeth Elbourne, Kent Fedorowich, Eliga Gould, Catherine Hall, Stephen Howe, Sarah Stockwell, Andrew Thompson, Stuart Ward, and Jon Wilson.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"An ideal guide to the enormous breadth, complexity and nuances of a vital historical topic, both for those new to it and even for experts. A remarkably successful blending of history, historiography, analysis and controversy. Freshly written, and remarkably consistent for a multi-authored work.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e–Bernard Porter, University of Newcastle\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990178316517,"sku":"NP9781405125352","price":40.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405125352.jpg?v=1761786804","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-british-empire-isbn-9781405125352","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}