Legacy of violence : a history of the British empire
Title:
Legacy of violence : a history of the British empire
Author:
Elkins, Caroline, author.
ISBN:
9780307272423
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
x, 875 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
General Note:
"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
Contents:
Liberal imperialism -- Wars small and great -- Legalized lawlessness -- "I'm merely pro-British" -- Imperial convergence -- An imperial war -- A war of ideas -- Partnership -- Imperial resurgence -- Glass houses -- Exit Palestine, enter Malaya -- Small places, close to home -- Systematized violence -- Operation legacy -- Epilogue. Empire comes home.
Abstract:
"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian: a searing study of the British Empire that interrogates the country's pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century and traces how these practices were exported, modified, and institutionalized in colonies around the globe"-- Provided by publisher.
