The Lion and the Eagle by Kathleen Burk
This book empirically substantiates a re-conceptualization of Islam as produced and consumed by both Muslims and non-Muslims. Non-Muslim Islam is too often condemned and decried by scholars, rather than investigated. However, non-Muslim politicians, journalists, and public debaters preaching and missionizing their own interpretations of Islam to both Muslim and non-Muslim audiences, and venturing into theological debates with Muslims as non-Muslim Islamic authorities, cannot be reduced to cynical power politics, bigotry, political opportunism, prejudice, or apologetics (even if this may sometimes be the case). Neither do these labels increase our understanding of non-Muslim Islam as a phenomenon. This book argues the case for studying non-Muslim Islam and demonstrates the value of doing so through 11 case studies, opening up a new field of research, while also giving an insight into the many epistemologies at play in the production of different non-Muslim Islams.
A wry history of the wrangles, local shoot outs and potential crises that took place at intervals through the two centuries following American independence … This is a pleasing book, because it recounts droll, often absurd episodes in the history of Anglo-American relations that will be unfamiliar to most readers -- Max Hastings * Sunday Times *
A fascinating, scholarly account of a troubled relationship between two empires divided, as George Bernard Shaw put it, by a common language * Herald *
A compelling study * Prospect *
A thoughtful and scholarly analysis of the interaction of the British and American empires over two centuries … Burk’s great talent is in dealing with government action, in untangling the many disputes and explaining the often-complex negotiations that brought about their resolution -- Frank Prochaska * Literary Review *
Burk writes in the compelling, authoritative, grand style of her mentor, AJP Taylor, and not many historians do that anymoreBurk writes with élan about big events over a vast canvas. But, also like him, she never lets her reader forget that history is ultimately about people … And that, in the end, is what makes this book so enjoyable * BBC History Magazine *
Burk ... brings her sparkling style to consider Britain and America as imperial presences, and to assess their interaction, impact and imperial styles … Burk offers an energetic look at an established topic and does so with considerable panache … [she] has a fine grasp of political contingencies and geopolitical realities, and offers a fresh reading on familiar topics * Standpoint *
Passing through decades of cooperation, conflict and negotiation, [The Lion and the Eagle is] an absorbing study of how two nations wrestled with global power * History Revealed *
A formidable achievement; scholarly, readable and entertaining -- Praise for 'Old World, New World' * Daily Telegraph *
Mindbogglingly ambitious ... The lucid, enjoyably propulsive narrative ... is studded with arresting incidents and images that bring home the richness - and darkness - of the Anglo-American past -- Praise for 'Old World, New World' * Guardian *
A remarkable achievement -- Praise for 'Old World, New World', Vernon Bognador * Spectator *
An absorbing work of intelligent, nuanced scholarship -- Praise for 'Old World, New World' * Irish Times *
A fascinating, scholarly account of a troubled relationship between two empires divided, as George Bernard Shaw put it, by a common language * Herald *
A compelling study * Prospect *
A thoughtful and scholarly analysis of the interaction of the British and American empires over two centuries … Burk’s great talent is in dealing with government action, in untangling the many disputes and explaining the often-complex negotiations that brought about their resolution -- Frank Prochaska * Literary Review *
Burk writes in the compelling, authoritative, grand style of her mentor, AJP Taylor, and not many historians do that anymoreBurk writes with élan about big events over a vast canvas. But, also like him, she never lets her reader forget that history is ultimately about people … And that, in the end, is what makes this book so enjoyable * BBC History Magazine *
Burk ... brings her sparkling style to consider Britain and America as imperial presences, and to assess their interaction, impact and imperial styles … Burk offers an energetic look at an established topic and does so with considerable panache … [she] has a fine grasp of political contingencies and geopolitical realities, and offers a fresh reading on familiar topics * Standpoint *
Passing through decades of cooperation, conflict and negotiation, [The Lion and the Eagle is] an absorbing study of how two nations wrestled with global power * History Revealed *
A formidable achievement; scholarly, readable and entertaining -- Praise for 'Old World, New World' * Daily Telegraph *
Mindbogglingly ambitious ... The lucid, enjoyably propulsive narrative ... is studded with arresting incidents and images that bring home the richness - and darkness - of the Anglo-American past -- Praise for 'Old World, New World' * Guardian *
A remarkable achievement -- Praise for 'Old World, New World', Vernon Bognador * Spectator *
An absorbing work of intelligent, nuanced scholarship -- Praise for 'Old World, New World' * Irish Times *
Kathleen Burk is Professor Emerita of Modern and Contemporary History at University College London, commentator and radio panellist. She is the author of several distinguished scholarly books on the US and its interventions in the rest of the world, and a definitive biography of A.J.P. Taylor. Kathleen’s most recent book was Old World, New World, a history of England and America from 1600 to the present.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781408856277 |
| ISBN 10 | 1408856271 |
| Title | The Lion and the Eagle |
| Author | Kathleen Burk |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2019-07-11 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
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