Bernard Porter - The Absent-Minded Imperialists Empire, Society torrent

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Book Title: The Absent-Minded Imperialists: Empire, Society, and Culture in Britain
Book Author: Bernard Porter (Author)
Hardcover: 498 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press (January 13, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0198208545
ISBN-13: 9780191700927

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Book Description
Publication Date: January 13, 2005
The British empire was a huge enterprise. To foreigners it more or less defined Britain in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its repercussions in the wider world are still with us today. One might expect this to have been reflected in her society and culture. This is the first book to examine this assumption critically against the broader background of contemporary British society. Bernard Porter, a leading imperial historian, argues that the empire had a far lower profile in Britain than it did abroad. He argues that though Britain was an imperial nation in this period, she was never a genuine imperial society.

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Review
"For any serious student of the British Empire, this book is indispensable reading."--John McBratney, The Historian

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About the Author
Bernard Porter is an Emeritus Professor of History, University of Newcastle.
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