LEADER 04117nam 22006371 450 001 9910955573603321 005 20170110105910.0 010 $a9780755621798 (ebook) 010 $a9781784534462 (hbk.) 010 $a9781350153882 (pbk.) 010 $a9780755621798 010 $a0755621794 010 $a9780857726179 010 $a085772617X 010 $a9780857739599 010 $a085773959X 024 7 $a10.5040/9780755621798 035 $a(CKB)4330000000002585 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4444048 035 $a(OCoLC)965534598 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09265476 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9780755621798BC 035 $a(Perlego)917865 035 $a(EXLCZ)994330000000002585 100 $a20200605d2016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn|nnn||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEmpire ways $easpects of British imperialism /$fBernard Porter 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cI.B. Tauris,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 290 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aInternational Library of historical studies ;$v97 311 1 $a9781350153882 311 1 $a1350153885 311 1 $a9781784534462 311 1 $a1784534463 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 269-278) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Section I: Empire and Imperialism -- Ch. 01: Cutting the Empire down to size -- Ch.02: Wealth or Commonwealth? The History of a Paradox -- Ch.03: The Men on the Spot -- Ch.04: Science in Africa -- Ch.05 Cannabis and Empire Section II: Imperial Wars -- Ch.06: The War of 1812 -- Ch.07: The Opium Wars -- Ch. 08 The Zulu Wars -- Ch.09: Victoria's Other Wars -- Ch.10: The Falklands War -- Section III: Imperialists -- Ch.11: George Bogle -- Ch.12: Stamford Raffles -- Ch.13: Lady Hester Stanhope -- Ch.14: Rudyard bloody Kipling -- Ch.15: Lord Cromer -- Ch.16: Henry Morton Stanley -- Ch.17: More Explorers -- Ch.18: Lawrence of Arabia -- Ch.19: The Butcher of Amritsar -- Ch.20: The Mercenary -- Section IV: The Empire at Home -- Ch.21: Further thoughts on imperial absent-mindedness -- Ch.22: Imperialism contested -- Ch.23: Elgar and Empire -- Ch.24: Architecture and Empire -- Section V: The end of Empire and after -- Ch.25: Atrocity in Kenya -- Ch.26: The Central African Federation -- Ch.27: Decolonisation in Asia -- Ch.28: Secret Services: the last penumbra of Empire -- Ch.29: After-Images of Empire -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Where I Come From -- Appendix II: Acknowledgments. 330 $a"The British Empire was an astonishingly complex and varied phenomenon, not to be reduced to any of the simple generalisations or theories that are often taken to characterise it. One way of illustrating this, and so conveying some of the subtle flavour of the thing itself, is to descend from the over-arching to the particular, and describe and discuss aspects of it in detail. This book, by the well-known imperial historian Bernard Porter, ranges among a wide range of the events and personalities that shaped or were shaped by British imperialism, or by its decline in the post-war years. These include chapters on science, drugs, battles, proconsuls, an odd assortment of imperialists including Kipling, Lady Hester Stanhope and TE Lawrence, architecture, music, the role of MI6 and the reputation of the Empire since its demise. Together the chapters inform, explain, provoke, and occasionally amuse; but above all they demonstrate the kaleidoscopic variety and ambivalence of Britain s imperial history.""--Bloomsbury publishing. 410 0$aInternational library of historical studies ;$v97. 606 $aImperialism 606 $aBritish & Irish history$2BIC 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$xHistory 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies 615 0$aImperialism. 615 7$aBritish & Irish history. 676 $a941 700 $aPorter$b Bernard$0134198 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955573603321 996 $aEmpire ways$94340911 997 $aUNINA