Hanover Library CatalogueLegacy of violence : a history of the British empire / Caroline Elkins.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022Description: x, 875 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780307272423
- 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 century
- 909/.0971241082 23
- JV1062 .E55 2022
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| 900 - 999 | Hanover Public Library Shelves | 909.097 ELKI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31906001223511 |
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| 909.09 MISH Age of anger : a history of the present / | 909.09 ROBE The unnatural history of the sea / | 909.09113 MCGH The last imaginary place : a human history of the Arctic world / | 909.097 ELKI Legacy of violence : a history of the British empire / | 909.097 HOLL In the shadow of the sword : the battle for global empire and the end of the Ancient World / | 909.09767 BURK On the road to Kandahar : travels through conflict in the Islamic world / | 909.098 FERG Civilization : the West and the rest / |
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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