The Empire Strikes Back? by Andrew S Thompson

The Empire Strikes Back? by Andrew S Thompson

'The Empire Strikes Back?' injects the empire back into the domestic history of modern Britain. It takes as its premise the idea that the empire was integral to British state and society -- not something off stage, which can be safely left to African and Indian history.

This wide-ranging and ambitious work begins from, but moves well beyond, the common observation that empire had a significant role in the making of modern BritainThompson weighs the relevant evidence from elites to the working classes, from women and children to international economics and domestic politics. In so doing he treats an enormous body of material with judicious insight. This book helps to bridge all-too divided hemispheres of the historical mind. It deserves close attention by specialist scholars as well as a prominent place on student reading lists.'

Saul Dubow, Sussex University

''This is a fine piece of work: perhaps the best book so far in its field. It will surely be seen as an essential undergraduate text in many British and Imperial History courses, and in some sub-fields of Politics, Sociology and Cultural Studies too.''

Stephen Howe

Andrew Thompson is a lecturer at Leeds University and is the author of `Imperial Britain' (Longman, 2000).

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ISBN 13	9780582438293
ISBN 10	0582438292
Title	The Empire Strikes Back?
Author	Andrew S Thompson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2005-06-23
Number of pages	392
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