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Autore |
Porter Bernard |
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Titolo |
Critics of empire : British Radicals and the imperial challenge / / by Bernard Porter |
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London : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-7556-2491-2 |
1-282-58334-4 |
9786612583346 |
0-85771-177-6 |
1-4356-4968-0 |
600-00-0997-6 |
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Edizione |
[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (416 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Anti-imperialist movements - Great Britain - History |
Imperialism - Public opinion - History |
Radicals - Great Britain - Attitudes - History |
General & world history |
Great Britain Colonies History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"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 |
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