British Imperialism: 2 (Histories and Controversies) - Softcover

WHAT WAS BRITISH IMPERIALISM AND WAS IT AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF MODERN GLOBALIZATION? WERE ECONOMIC, POLITICAL OR MILITARY FACTORS PARAMOUNT IN IMPERIAL EXPANSION? DO POST-COLONIAL THEORIES ASSIST OR MISLEAD HISTORIANS? HOW HAVE HISTORIES OF IMPERIALISM CHANGED, AND ARE CURRENT ANALYSES SATISFACTORY?<BR><BR>ROBERT JOHNSON'S INVALUABLE GUIDE OFFERS A SUCCINT, EASY-TO-FOLLOW INTRODUCTION TO THE KEY ISSUES AND HISTORIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH IMPERIALISM FROM ITS ORIGINS TO THE CONVERSION TO THE COMMONWEALTH. <BR><BR><EM>BRITISH IMPERIALISM</EM><BR>- PROVIDES CONCISE INTRODUCTIONS TO KEY QUESTIONS AND DEBATES<BR>- TAKES A QUESTION-BASED APPROACH TO ANALYSIS OF THE MATERIAL<BR>- OFFERS AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ECONOMIC, MILITARY AND POLITICAL FACTORS IN IMPERIAL EXPANSION AND DECOLONIZATION<BR>- PRESENTS CRITICAL APPRAISALS OF THE MOST RECENT CONTROVERSIES INCLUDING NEO-COLONIALISM, CULTURAL IMPERIALISM, POST-COLONIAL THEORY, AND GENDER AND IMPERIALISM<BR>- INCLUDES A USEFUL GUIDE TO FURTHER READING<BR><BR>USING VIVID EXAMPLES, JOHNSON CLEARLY EXPLAINS THE NATURE OF BRITISH IMPERIALISM AND ENABLES THE READER TO UNDERSTAND THE CAUSES, COURSE AND IMMEDIATE CONSEQUENCES OF THE BRITISH-COLONIAL ENCOUNTER ON A WORLD-WIDE SCALE. HIS BOOK IS AN ESSENTIAL STARTING POINT FOR ALL THOSE NEW TO THE SUBJECT AND A HELPFUL INTRODUCTION TO MORE RECENT DEBATES.