Thompson / Unknown Writing imperial histories

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1255-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, Band 109, 304 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Imperialism

This book appraises the critical contribution of the Studies in Imperialism series to the writing of imperial histories as the series passes its 100th publication. The volume brings together some of the most distinguished scholars writing today to explore the major intellectual trends in Imperial history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unknown,

Thompson, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction – Andrew Thompson
1. The MacKenziean moment in retrospect (or how one hundred volumes bloomed) – Stuart Ward
2. The power of culture and the cultures of power: John MacKenzie and the study of imperialism – Cherry Leonardi
3. Sex matters: Sexuality and the writing of colonial history – Robert Aldrich
4. Exploration, the environment, and empire – Dane Kennedy
5. Spatial concepts and the historical geographies of British colonialism – Alan Lester
6. Policing the colonial crowd: Patterns of policing in the European empires during the Depression years – Martin Thomas
7. Whatever Happened to the Third British Empire?: Empire, nation redux – Mrinalini Sinha
8. Media, India and the Raj – Chandrika Kaul
9. Empires, diasporas and cultural circulation – Sunil Amrith
10. Decolonisation, space and power: Immigration, welfare and housing in Britain and France, 1945–74 – Jim House and Andrew Thompson
Afterword – John Mackenzie
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Andrew S. Thompson is Professor of Modern History, University of Exeter