
The Debate on the Rise of the British Empire
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Chapters look at the enduring fascination with the empire among historians; early twentieth century economic explanations for the dynamic expansion of the empire in the Victorian period; the controversies surrounding empire in the 1950s; post colonial theory and its critics; religion, race, gender and class; and debates on capitalism and the empire since the 1980. The final chapter investigates how Britain's imperial history might be viewed in years to come.
An engaging and useful work of historiography, this book will be essential reading for students of British imperialism attempting to get to grips with the subject. -- .
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2. Justifying British imperialism: the changing rationale of the empire builders
3. Capitalism's critics and defenders: early twentieth century economic explanations of Victorian British imperial expansion
4. Metropole, periphery and informal empire: the Gallagher and Robinson controversy of the 1950s and after
5. Cultural explanations of British imperialism I: post colonial theory and its critics
6. Cultural explanations of British imperialism II: religion, race, gender and class
7. The metropole strikes back: the new debate about gentlemanly capitalism and empire 1980-2004
8. The future of Britain's imperial history?
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