British Imperial: What the Empire Wasn't

by Bernard Porter

The British Empire is often misunderstood. Judgments of it differ widely, from broadly adulatory - a 'great' enterprise, spreading 'civilization' through the world; to the blame that is often put on it for most of the world's ills today, including racism, exploitation and the problems of the Middle East. In this provocative book, Bernard Porter argues that many of these judgments arise from some fundamental misreadings of the nature, causes and effects...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784534455
• ISBN13: 9781784534455
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"