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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454054003321

Autore

Porter Bernard

Titolo

Critics of empire : British Radicals and the imperial challenge / / by Bernard Porter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2007

ISBN

0-7556-2491-2

1-282-58334-4

9786612583346

0-85771-177-6

1-4356-4968-0

600-00-0997-6

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Disciplina

325.34109

Soggetti

Anti-imperialist movements - Great Britain - History

Imperialism - Public opinion - History

Radicals - Great Britain - Attitudes - History

General & world history

Great Britain Colonies History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface to the First Edition; Introduction to the Second Edition; Abbreviations; 1. Introductory: the Nineteenth-century Legacy; 2. The Imperial Challenge, 1985; 3. Liberals and the Empire; 4. Labour and the Empire; 5. 'The New Knowledge'; 6. The New Radicals; 7. Imperialism: a Study; 8. Liverpool and Africa; 9. The Twentieth Century: Radicals and Africa; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"The notion of 'empire' has been at the forefront of world politics for over a century. Bernard Porter's landmark work traces the critical response to the British imperial project in the years leading up to World War I. Imperial adventures, including the intervention in Egypt and the Anglo-Boer War, together with the jingoistic clamour that surrounded them, attracted powerful hostility as well as support. "Criticism of



Empire" is the subject of Porter's stimulating book. Long regarded as the classic account, the author has now added a substantial new Introduction. He demonstrates the power and influence of major critics such as J.A. Hobson - the acknowledged creator of the 'capitalist theory' of imperialism - E.D. Morel and Mary Kingsley and of organisations like the Congo Reform Association. With themes which are also highly relevant to the present day discourse on the American 'empire', this book will prove essential reading for all students of imperial and international history."--Bloomsbury Publishing.