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Truth About Empire
Real Histories of British Colonialism
AvAlan Lester
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
219 kr
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Sharp, authoritative essays on the dark realities of Empire and the true historian’s importance for democracy, amid history’s appropriation by apologists, racists and culture warriors.The Truth About Empire comes from expert historians who believe that the truth, as far as we can pinpoint it, matters; that our decades of painstaking research make us worth listening to; and that our authority as leading professionals should count for something in today’s polarised debates over Britain’s imperial past.In the culture wars, the public’s understanding of colonial history is continually distorted by wilful caricatures. With their fight to highlight Empire’s horrors, communities whose voices once went unheard have alienated many who would prefer a celebratory national history. The backlash, orchestrated by elements of the media, has produced a concerted denial of British imperial racism and violence—a disinformation campaign sharing both tactics and motivations with those around Covid, Brexit and climate change.From Australia and China to India and South Africa, this essay collection is an accessible guide to the British Empire, and a shield against the assault on historical truth. The disturbing stories told in these pages, of Empire’s culture, politics and economics, show why professional research matters, when deciding what can and cannot be known about Britain’s colonial past.
Imperial Networks
Creating Identities in Nineteenth-Century South Africa and Britain
AvAlan Lester
Inbunden, Engelska, 2001
3 192 kr
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Imperial Networks investigates the discourses and practices of British colonialism. It reveals how British colonialism in the Eastern Cape region was informed by, and itself informed, imperial ideas and activities elsewhere, both in Britain and in other colonies.It examines:* the origins and development of the three interacting discourses of colonialism - official, humanitarian and settler* the contests, compromises and interplay between these discourses and their proponents* the analysis of these discourses in the light of a global humanitarian movement in the aftermath of the antislavery campaign* the eventual colonisation of the Eastern cape and the construction of colonial settler identities.For any student or resarcher of this major aspect of history, this will be a staple part of their reading diet.
Imperial Networks
Creating Identities in Nineteenth-Century South Africa and Britain
AvAlan Lester
Häftad, Engelska, 2001
711 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Imperial Networks investigates the discourses and practices of British colonialism. It reveals how British colonialism in the Eastern Cape region was informed by, and itself informed, imperial ideas and activities elsewhere, both in Britain and in other colonies.It examines:* the origins and development of the three interacting discourses of colonialism - official, humanitarian and settler* the contests, compromises and interplay between these discourses and their proponents* the analysis of these discourses in the light of a global humanitarian movement in the aftermath of the antislavery campaign* the eventual colonisation of the Eastern cape and the construction of colonial settler identities.For any student or resarcher of this major aspect of history, this will be a staple part of their reading diet.
Colonial Lives Across the British Empire
Imperial Careering in the Long Nineteenth Century
AvDavid Lambert,Alan Lester
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
691 kr
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This volume uses a series of portraits of 'imperial lives' in order to rethink the history of the British Empire in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It tells the stories of men and women who dwelt for extended periods in one colonial space before moving on to dwell in others, developing 'imperial careers'. These men and women consist of four colonial governors, two governors' wives, two missionaries, a nurse/entrepreneur, a poet/civil servant and a mercenary. Leading scholars of colonialism guide the reader through the ways that these individuals made the British Empire, and the ways that the empire made them. Their life histories constituted meaningful connections across the empire that facilitated the continual reformulation of imperial discourses, practices and cultures. Together, their stories help us to re-imagine the geographies of the British Empire and to destabilize the categories of metropole and colony.
Colonial Lives Across the British Empire
Imperial Careering in the Long Nineteenth Century
AvDavid Lambert,Alan Lester
Inbunden, Engelska, 2006
1 598 kr
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This volume uses a series of portraits of 'imperial lives' in order to rethink the history of the British Empire in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It tells the stories of men and women who dwelt for extended periods in one colonial space before moving on to dwell in others, developing 'imperial careers'. These men and women consist of four colonial governors, two governors' wives, two missionaries, a nurse/entrepreneur, a poet/civil servant and a mercenary. Leading scholars of colonialism guide the reader through the ways that these individuals made the British Empire, and the ways that the empire made them. Their life histories constituted meaningful connections across the empire that facilitated the continual reformulation of imperial discourses, practices and cultures. Together, their stories help us to re-imagine the geographies of the British Empire and to destabilize the categories of metropole and colony.
South Africa, Past, Present and Future
Gold at the End of the Rainbow?
AvTony Binns,Alan Lesterm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2000
1 019 kr
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This is the first book to combine a discussion of post-apartheid development initiatives with an extended historical analysis of South Africa's dynamic race, class, gender and ethnic identities. Bringing together the research of an historical geographer and two development geographers, the book enables us to locate the post-apartheid transition in a broad historical and spatial perspective. Within this perspective, the limitations as well as the achievements of South Africa's current transformation are highlighted.
From Colonization to Democracy
A New Historical Geography of South Africa
AvAlan Lester
E-bok
Engelska, 1998
404 kr
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This account of the development of modern South African society seeks to establish the geographical and historical context in which change has taken place. The author describes important historical continuities in South Africa which have shaped present society, including social groupings and their stratification, policital institutions, the patterns of human geography, economic structure, and external links and influences.
From Colonization to Democracy
A New Historical Geography of South Africa
AvAlan Lester
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 1998
404 kr
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This account of the development of modern South African society seeks to establish the geographical and historical context in which change has taken place. The author describes important historical continuities in South Africa which have shaped present society, including social groupings and their stratification, policital institutions, the patterns of human geography, economic structure, and external links and influences.
Colonization and the Origins of Humanitarian Governance
Protecting Aborigines across the Nineteenth-Century British Empire
AvAlan Lester,Fae Dussart
Inbunden, Engelska, 2014
1 263 kr
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How did those responsible for creating Britain's nineteenth-century settler empire render colonization compatible with humanitarianism? Avoiding a cynical or celebratory response, this book takes seriously the humane disposition of colonial officials, examining the relationship between humanitarian governance and empire. The story of 'humane' colonial governance connects projects of emancipation, amelioration, conciliation, protection and development in sites ranging from British Honduras through Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales, New Zealand and Canada to India. It is seen in the lives of governors like George Arthur and George Grey, whose careers saw the violent and destructive colonization of indigenous peoples at the hands of British emigrants. The story challenges the exclusion of officials' humanitarian sensibilities from colonial history and places the settler colonies within the larger historical context of Western humanitarianism.
Ruling the World
Freedom, Civilisation and Liberalism in the Nineteenth-Century British Empire
AvAlan Lester,Kate Boehmem. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2021
1 291 kr
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Ruling the World tells the story of how the largest and most diverse empire in history was governed, everywhere and all at once. Focusing on some of the most tumultuous years of Queen Victoria's reign, Alan Lester, Kate Boehme and Peter Mitchell adopt an entirely new perspective to explain how the men in charge of the British Empire sought to manage simultaneous events across the globe. Using case studies including Canada, South Africa, the Caribbean, Australia, India and Afghanistan, they reveal how the empire represented a complex series of trade-offs between Parliament's, colonial governors', colonists' and colonised peoples' agendas. They also highlight the compromises that these men made as they adapted their ideals of freedom, civilization and liberalism to the realities of an empire imposed through violence and governed in the interests of Britons.
Ruling the World
Freedom, Civilisation and Liberalism in the Nineteenth-Century British Empire
AvAlan Lester,Kate Boehmem. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
390 kr
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Ruling the World tells the story of how the largest and most diverse empire in history was governed, everywhere and all at once. Focusing on some of the most tumultuous years of Queen Victoria's reign, Alan Lester, Kate Boehme and Peter Mitchell adopt an entirely new perspective to explain how the men in charge of the British Empire sought to manage simultaneous events across the globe. Using case studies including Canada, South Africa, the Caribbean, Australia, India and Afghanistan, they reveal how the empire represented a complex series of trade-offs between Parliament's, colonial governors', colonists' and colonised peoples' agendas. They also highlight the compromises that these men made as they adapted their ideals of freedom, civilization and liberalism to the realities of an empire imposed through violence and governed in the interests of Britons.
Ruling the World
Freedom, Civilisation and Liberalism in the Nineteenth-Century British Empire
AvPeter Mitchell,Kate Boehmem. fl.
E-bok
Engelska, 2021
472 kr
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Ruling the World tells the story of how the largest and most diverse empire in history was governed, everywhere and all at once. Focusing on some of the most tumultuous years of Queen Victoria''s reign, Alan Lester, Kate Boehme and Peter Mitchell adopt an entirely new perspective to explain how the men in charge of the British Empire sought to manage simultaneous events across the globe. Using case studies including Canada, South Africa, the Caribbean, Australia, India and Afghanistan, they reveal how the empire represented a complex series of trade-offs between Parliament''s, colonial governors'', colonists'' and colonised peoples'' agendas. They also highlight the compromises that these men made as they adapted their ideals of freedom, civilization and liberalism to the realities of an empire imposed through violence and governed in the interests of Britons.
Ruling the World
Freedom, Civilisation and Liberalism in the Nineteenth-Century British Empire
AvPeter Mitchell,Kate Boehmem. fl.
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2021
472 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
Ruling the World tells the story of how the largest and most diverse empire in history was governed, everywhere and all at once. Focusing on some of the most tumultuous years of Queen Victoria''s reign, Alan Lester, Kate Boehme and Peter Mitchell adopt an entirely new perspective to explain how the men in charge of the British Empire sought to manage simultaneous events across the globe. Using case studies including Canada, South Africa, the Caribbean, Australia, India and Afghanistan, they reveal how the empire represented a complex series of trade-offs between Parliament''s, colonial governors'', colonists'' and colonised peoples'' agendas. They also highlight the compromises that these men made as they adapted their ideals of freedom, civilization and liberalism to the realities of an empire imposed through violence and governed in the interests of Britons.
Imperial Networks
Creating Identities in Nineteenth-Century South Africa and Britain
AvAlan Lester
E-bok
Engelska, 2005
831 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
Imperial Networks investigates the discourses and practices of British colonialism. It reveals how British colonialism in the Eastern Cape region was informed by, and itself informed, imperial ideas and activities elsewhere, both in Britain and in other colonies.
It examines:
* the origins and development of the three interacting discourses of colonialism - official, humanitarian and settler* the contests, compromises and interplay between these discourses and their proponents* the analysis of these discourses in the light of a global humanitarian movement in the aftermath of the antislavery campaign* the eventual colonisation of the Eastern cape and the construction of colonial settler identities.
For any student or resarcher of this major aspect of history, this will be a staple part of their reading diet.
Imperial Networks
Creating Identities in Nineteenth-Century South Africa and Britain
AvAlan Lester
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2005
829 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
Imperial Networks investigates the discourses and practices of British colonialism. It reveals how British colonialism in the Eastern Cape region was informed by, and itself informed, imperial ideas and activities elsewhere, both in Britain and in other colonies.
It examines:
* the origins and development of the three interacting discourses of colonialism - official, humanitarian and settler* the contests, compromises and interplay between these discourses and their proponents* the analysis of these discourses in the light of a global humanitarian movement in the aftermath of the antislavery campaign* the eventual colonisation of the Eastern cape and the construction of colonial settler identities.
For any student or resarcher of this major aspect of history, this will be a staple part of their reading diet.
South Africa, Past, Present and Future
Gold at the End of the Rainbow?
AvTony Binns,Alan Lesterm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2017
3 086 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This is the first book to combine a discussion of post-apartheid development initiatives with an extended historical analysis of South Africa's dynamic race, class, gender and ethnic identities. Bringing together the research of an historical geographer and two development geographers, the book enables us to locate the post-apartheid transition in a broad historical and spatial perspective. Within this perspective, the limitations as well as the achievements of South Africa's current transformation are highlighted.
Colonization and the Origins of Humanitarian Governance
Protecting Aborigines across the Nineteenth-Century British Empire
AvAlan Lester,Fae Dussart
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
566 kr
Skickas inom 11-20 vardagar
How did those responsible for creating Britain's nineteenth-century settler empire render colonization compatible with humanitarianism? Avoiding a cynical or celebratory response, this book takes seriously the humane disposition of colonial officials, examining the relationship between humanitarian governance and empire. The story of 'humane' colonial governance connects projects of emancipation, amelioration, conciliation, protection and development in sites ranging from British Honduras through Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales, New Zealand and Canada to India. It is seen in the lives of governors like George Arthur and George Grey, whose careers saw the violent and destructive colonization of indigenous peoples at the hands of British emigrants. The story challenges the exclusion of officials' humanitarian sensibilities from colonial history and places the settler colonies within the larger historical context of Western humanitarianism.
South Africa, Past, Present and Future
Gold at the End of the Rainbow?
AvEtienne Nel,Alan Lesterm. fl.
E-bok
Engelska, 2014
1 192 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
This is the first book to combine a discussion of post-apartheid development initiatives with an extended historical analysis of South Africa''s dynamic race, class, gender and ethnic identities. Bringing together the research of an historical geographer and two development geographers, the book enables us to locate the post-apartheid transition in a broad historical and spatial perspective. Within this perspective, the limitations as well as the achievements of South Africa''s current transformation are highlighted.
South Africa, Past, Present and Future
Gold at the End of the Rainbow?
AvEtienne Nel,Alan Lesterm. fl.
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2014
1 204 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
This is the first book to combine a discussion of post-apartheid development initiatives with an extended historical analysis of South Africa''s dynamic race, class, gender and ethnic identities. Bringing together the research of an historical geographer and two development geographers, the book enables us to locate the post-apartheid transition in a broad historical and spatial perspective. Within this perspective, the limitations as well as the achievements of South Africa''s current transformation are highlighted.
Del 198 - Studies in Imperialism
Humanitarianism, Empire and Transnationalism, 1760-1995
Selective Humanity in the Anglophone World
AvJoy Damousi,Trevor Burnardm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
1 308 kr
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This is the first book to examine the shifting relationship between humanitarianism and the expansion, consolidation and postcolonial transformation of the Anglophone world across three centuries, from the antislavery campaign of the late eighteenth century to the role of NGOs balancing humanitarianism and human rights in the late twentieth century. Contributors explore the trade-offs between humane concern and the altered context of colonial and postcolonial realpolitik. They also showcase an array of methodologies and sources with which to explore the relationship between humanitarianism and colonialism. These range from the biography of material objects to interviews as well as more conventional archival enquiry. They also include work with and for Indigenous people whose family histories have been defined in large part by ‘humanitarian’ interventions.
Del 198 - Studies in Imperialism
Humanitarianism, Empire and Transnationalism, 1760-1995
Selective Humanity in the Anglophone World
AvJoy Damousi,Trevor Burnardm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
442 kr
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This is the first book to examine the shifting relationship between humanitarianism and the expansion, consolidation and postcolonial transformation of the Anglophone world across three centuries, from the antislavery campaign of the late eighteenth century to the role of NGOs balancing humanitarianism and human rights in the late twentieth century. Contributors explore the trade-offs between humane concern and the altered context of colonial and postcolonial realpolitik. They also showcase an array of methodologies and sources with which to explore the relationship between humanitarianism and colonialism. These range from the biography of material objects to interviews as well as more conventional archival enquiry. They also include work with and for Indigenous people whose family histories have been defined in large part by ‘humanitarian’ interventions.
Truth About Empire
Real Histories of British Colonialism
AvAlan Lester
E-bok
Engelska, 2024
346 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
The Truth About Empire comes from expert historians who believe that the truth, as far as we can ascertain it, matters; that our decades of painstaking research make us worth listening to; and that our authority as leading professionals should count for something in today’s polarised debates over Britain’s imperial past.
Colonial history is now a battlefield in the culture war. The public’s understanding of past events is continually distorted by wilful caricatures. Communities that long struggled to get their voices heard have, in their fight to highlight the hidden horrors of colonialism, alienated many who prefer a celebratory national history. The backlash, orchestrated by elements of the media, has generated a new, concerted denial of imperial racism and violence in Britain’s past—a disinformation campaign sharing both tactics and motivations with those around Covid, Brexit and climate change.
From Australia and China to South Africa and Egypt, this essay collection is an accessible guide to the British Empire, and a weapon of defence against the assault on historical truth. The disturbing stories told in these pages, of Empire’s culture, politics and economics, show why professional research matters, when deciding what can and cannot be known about Britain’s colonial history.
Truth About Empire
Real Histories of British Colonialism
AvAlan Lester
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
341 kr
Skickas inom 7-10 vardagar
The Truth About Empire comes from expert historians who believe that the truth, as far as we can ascertain it, matters; that our decades of painstaking research make us worth listening to; and that our authority as leading professionals should count for something in today's polarised debates over Britain's imperial past.Colonial history is now a battlefield in the culture war. The public's understanding of past events is continually distorted by wilful caricatures. Communities that long struggled to get their voices heard have, in their fight to highlight the hidden horrors of colonialism, alienated many who prefer a celebratory national history. The backlash, orchestrated by elements of the media, has generated a new, concerted denial of imperial racism and violence in Britain's past-a disinformation campaign sharing both tactics and motivations with those around Covid, Brexit and climate change.From Australia and China to South Africa and Egypt, this essay collection is an accessible guide to the British Empire, and a weapon of defence against the assault on historical truth. The disturbing stories told in these pages, of Empire's culture, politics and economics, show why professional research matters, when deciding what can and cannot be known about Britain's colonial history.
Deny and Disavow
Distancing the Imperial Past in the Culture Wars
AvAlan Lester
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
139 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar

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Truth About Empire

Imperial Networks

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Colonial Lives Across the British Empire

Colonial Lives Across the British Empire

South Africa, Past, Present and Future

From Colonization to Democracy

From Colonization to Democracy

Colonization and the Origins of Humanitarian Governance

Ruling the World

Ruling the World

Ruling the World

Ruling the World

Imperial Networks

Imperial Networks

South Africa, Past, Present and Future

Colonization and the Origins of Humanitarian Governance

South Africa, Past, Present and Future

South Africa, Past, Present and Future

Humanitarianism, Empire and Transnationalism, 1760-1995

Humanitarianism, Empire and Transnationalism, 1760-1995

Truth About Empire

Truth About Empire

Deny and Disavow

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