Kennedy, Dane Keith,

The Imperial History Wars : Debating the British Empire / Dane Kennedy. - vii, 217 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-207) and index.

Imperial history and postcolonial theory -- The boundaries of Oxford's empire -- Imperial history and postcolonial studies revisited -- Exploration and empire -- The white man's world -- Debating the end of empire: exceptionalism and its critics -- On the American empire from a British imperial perspective -- The means and ends of empire -- The imperial history wars -- Does British history matter anymore?: Reflections on the age of Brexit and Trump.

9781474278874 (hb) 9781474278867 (pb)

2017014897


Imperialism--History.
Imperialism--Historiography.
Postcolonialism--History.
Postcolonialism--Historiography.
History, Modern--Historiography.


Great Britain--Colonies--History.
Great Britain--Colonies--Historiography.

DA16 / .K435 2018

355.0209171241 K357I