Legacy of violence : a history of the British empire / Caroline Elkins.
By: Elkins, Caroline [author.].
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BookLanguage: eng.Publisher: London : Bodley head, 2022Description: 875 p. ; illustrations ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780307272423.Subject(s): State-sponsored terrorism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Punishment -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Liberalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Imperialism | Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 20th century | Great Britain -- Colonies -- Social conditions | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 909.0971241 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 909.0971241 Q9.4 The British Empire : | 909.0971241 R0 British Empire : | 909.0971241 R0 Commonwealth History in the twenty-first century / | 909.0971241 R2 Legacy of violence : | 909.0971241081 P9-P9;1 Replenishing the earth : | 909.0974927 R3 Arab spring and its legacies / | 909.09767 P4-P4;1 Muslim societies : |
"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
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