Imperial sceptics British critics of empire, 1850-1920
Imperial Sceptics provides a highly original analysis of the emergence of opposition to the British Empire from 1850-1920. Departing from existing accounts, which have focused upon the Boer War and the writings of John Hobson, Gregory Claeys proposes a new chronology for the contours of resistance t...
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2010
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| Series: | Ideas in context
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Audi alteram partem : imperialism and the moral imagination
- Positivist diplomacy
- Socialism and empire : from Little England to Socialist Commonwealth, 1850-1920
- Contextualising Hobson : civilisation, utility and socialist imperialism
- Conclusion: The fruits of imperial scepticism : more sovereignty and less