Legacies of Empire

Legacies of Empire
Author: Sandra Halperin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2015-11-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1107109469

This book reveals how the structures and practices of past empires interact with and shape contemporary 'national' ones.

Ghosts of Empire

Ghosts of Empire
Author: Kwasi Kwarteng
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2012-01-01
Genre: Decolonization
ISBN: 1408829002

This fascinating book shows how the later years of the British Empire were characterised by accidental oversights, irresponsible opportunism and uncertain pragmatism.

Imperial Legacies

Imperial Legacies
Author: Jeremy Black
Publisher: Encounter Books
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2019-04-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1641770392

Britain yesterday; America today. The reality of being top dog is that everybody hates you. In this provocative book, noted historian and commentator Jeremy Black shows how criticisms of the legacy of the British Empire are, in part, criticisms of the reality of American power today. He emphasizes the prominence of imperial rule in history and in the world today, and the selective way in which certain countries are castigated. Imperial Legacies is a wide-ranging and vigorous assault on political correctness, its language, misuse of the past, and grasping of both present and future.

Echoes of Empire

Echoes of Empire
Author: Kalypso Nicolaïdis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 411
Release: 2014-12-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 0857738968

How does our colonial past echo through today's global politics? How have former empire-builders sought vindication or atonement, and formerly colonized states reversal or retribution? This groundbreaking book presents a panoramic view of attitudes to empires past and present, seen not only through the hard politics of international power structures but also through the nuances of memory, historiography and national and minority cultural identities. Bringing together leading historians, poitical scientists and international relations scholars from across the globe, Echoes of Empire emphasizes Europe's colonial legacy whilst also highlighting the importance of non-European power centres- Ottoman, Russian, Chinese, Japanese- in shaping world politics, then and now. Echoes of Empire bridges the divide between disciplines to trace the global routes travelled by objects, ideas and people and forms a radically different notion of the term 'empire' itself. This will be an essential companion to courses on international relations and imperial history as well as a fascinating read for anyone interested in Western hegemony, North-South relations, global power shifts and the longue duree.

Empire and Indigeneity

Empire and Indigeneity
Author: Richard Price
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2021-05-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000385965

Indigeneity is inseparable from empire, and the way empire responds to the Indigenous presence is a key historical factor in shaping the flow of imperial history. This book is about the consequences of the encounter in the early nineteenth century between the British imperial presence and the First Peoples of what were to become Australia and New Zealand. However, the shape of social relations between Indigenous peoples and the forces of empire does not remain constant over time. The book tracks how the creation of empire in this part of the world possessed long-lasting legacies both for the settler colonies that emerged and for the wider history of British imperial culture.

Legal Histories of the British Empire

Legal Histories of the British Empire
Author: Shaunnagh Dorsett
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2014-04-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317915747

This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the role played by law(s) in the British Empire. Using a variety of interdisciplinary approaches, the authors provide in-depth analyses which shine new light on the role of law in creating the people and places of the British Empire. Ranging from the United States, through Calcutta, across Australasia to the Gold Coast, these essays seek to investigate law’s central place in the British Empire, and the role of its agents in embedding British rule and culture in colonial territories. One of the first collections to provide a sustained engagement with the legal histories of the British Empire, in particular beyond the settler colonies, this work aims to encourage further scholarship and new approaches to the writing of the histories of that Empire. Legal Histories of the British Empire: Laws, Engagements and Legacies will be of value not only to legal scholars and graduate students, but of interest to all of those who want to know more about the laws in and of the British Empire.

The entangled legacies of empire

The entangled legacies of empire
Author: Paul Gilbert
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2023-02-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1526163438

More than 25 experts from around the world have contributed to this unique and provocative book. In a series of illuminating short essays, each author has presented a striking image as an invitation to consider the ghosts of colonialism and imperialism in today’s global economy. In defiance of those who claim that today’s capitalist system is free of racism and exploitation, this book shows that the past is not behind us, it defines our world and our lives. This book takes the reader on a global tour, from Malaysia to Canada, from Angola to Mexico, from Libya to China, from the City of London to the Australian outback, from the deep sea to the atmosphere. Along the way we meet the financiers, artists, advertisers, activists and everyday people who are grappling with the entangled legacies of empire.

Echoes of Empire

Echoes of Empire
Author: Kalypso Nicolaïdis
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2014-12-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0857726293

How does our colonial past echo through today's global politics? How have former empire-builders sought vindication or atonement, and formerly colonized states reversal or retribution? This groundbreaking book presents a panoramic view of attitudes to empires past and present, seen not only through the hard politics of international power structures but also through the nuances of memory, historiography and national and minority cultural identities. Bringing together leading historians, poitical scientists and international relations scholars from across the globe, Echoes of Empire emphasizes Europe's colonial legacy whilst also highlighting the importance of non-European power centres- Ottoman, Russian, Chinese, Japanese- in shaping world politics, then and now. Echoes of Empire bridges the divide between disciplines to trace the global routes travelled by objects, ideas and people and forms a radically different notion of the term 'empire' itself. This will be an essential companion to courses on international relations and imperial history as well as a fascinating read for anyone interested in Wesern hegemony, North-South relations, global power shifts and the longue duree.

Whiteness, Class and the Legacies of Empire

Whiteness, Class and the Legacies of Empire
Author: K. Tyler
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2012-04-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0230390293

This book explores why it is white ethnicity has been rendered invisible, arguing that contemporary people's conceptions of themselves are conditioned by, and derive from, the unknown and forgotten legacy of a colonial past that cannot be confined to the past.

Ghosts of Empire

Ghosts of Empire
Author: Kwasi Kwarteng
Publisher: Public Affairs
Total Pages: 489
Release: 2013-05-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 1610392329

This revelatory history of the legacy of the British empire and its unintended consequences marks the brilliant literary debut of a young historian and politician