The Resource British imperial : what the empire wasn't, Bernard Porter
British imperial : what the empire wasn't, Bernard Porter
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- Summary
- "The British Empire is often misunderstood. Judgments of it differ widely, from broadly adulatory -- a 'great' enterprise, spreading 'civilization' through the world; to the blame that is often put on it for most of the world's ills today, including racism, exploitation and the problems of the Middle East. In this provocative book, Bernard Porter argues that many of these judgments arise from some fundamental misreadings of the nature, causes and effects of British imperialism, which was a more complex, ambivalent and in some ways accidental phenomenon than it is often taken to be. Drawing on his fifty years' experience of research and writing on the subject, Porter aims to clear away many of the misconceptions that surround the story of the British Empire's rise, governance and fall; and to point some ways to a fairer (though not necessarily more favourable) assessment of it. He addresses the connections of imperialism with capitalism, racism and British domestic culture, and ends with some reflections on the modern repercussions of both the Empire itself, and the myths which have sprung up around it."--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- British imperial : what the empire wasn't
- Title
- British imperial
- Title remainder
- what the empire wasn't
- Statement of responsibility
- Bernard Porter
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The British Empire is often misunderstood. Judgments of it differ widely, from broadly adulatory -- a 'great' enterprise, spreading 'civilization' through the world; to the blame that is often put on it for most of the world's ills today, including racism, exploitation and the problems of the Middle East. In this provocative book, Bernard Porter argues that many of these judgments arise from some fundamental misreadings of the nature, causes and effects of British imperialism, which was a more complex, ambivalent and in some ways accidental phenomenon than it is often taken to be. Drawing on his fifty years' experience of research and writing on the subject, Porter aims to clear away many of the misconceptions that surround the story of the British Empire's rise, governance and fall; and to point some ways to a fairer (though not necessarily more favourable) assessment of it. He addresses the connections of imperialism with capitalism, racism and British domestic culture, and ends with some reflections on the modern repercussions of both the Empire itself, and the myths which have sprung up around it."--
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- Porter, Bernard
- Dewey number
- 325/.341
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DA16
- LC item number
- .P668 2016eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
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- Imperialism
- Great Britain
- General & world history
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
- British colonies
- Imperialism
- Label
- British imperial : what the empire wasn't, Bernard Porter
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
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- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 944310174
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (216 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780857726155
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 903280
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)944310174
- Label
- British imperial : what the empire wasn't, Bernard Porter
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 944310174
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (216 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780857726155
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 903280
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)944310174
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