Empire ways : aspects of British imperialism /: aspects of British imperialism. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Bernard Porter.
• Authors: Porter, Bernard
• Contents: Introduction Section I: Empire and ImperialismCh. 01: Cutting the Empire down to size Ch.02: Wealth or Commonwealth? The History of a ParadoxCh.03: The Men on the Spot Ch.04: Science in Africa Ch.05 Cannabis and EmpireSection II: Imperial WarsCh.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: ImperialistsCh.11: George Bogle Ch.12: Stamford RafflesCh.13: Lady Hester Stanhope Ch.14: Rudyard bloody KiplingCh.15: Lord Cromer Ch.16: Henry Morton Stanley Ch.17: More Explorers Ch.18: Lawrence of ArabiaCh.19: The Butcher of AmritsarCh.20: The Mercenary Section IV: The Empire at HomeCh.21: Further thoughts on imperial absent-mindednessCh.22: Imperialism contested Ch.23: Elgar and Empire Ch.24: Architecture and EmpireSection V: The end of Empire and afterCh.25: Atrocity in Kenya Ch.26: The Central African FederationCh.27: Decolonisation in AsiaCh.28: Secret Services: the last penumbra of Empire Ch.29: After-Images of EmpireConclusionAppendix I: Where I Come FromAppendix II: Acknowledgments.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 290 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 941; Imperialism; British colonies; Imperialism; Great Britain -- Colonies; Great Britain -- Colonies -- History; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857739599; 9780857726179
• Related ISBNs: 085773959X; 9781784534462; 1784534463; 085772617X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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