Empire in Question: Reading, Writing, and Teaching British Imperialism

by C.A. Bayly, Antoinette Burton, Mrinalini Sinha

Featuring essays written by the influential historian Antoinette Burton since the mid-1990s, Empire in Question traces the development of a particular, contentious strand of modern British history, the "new imperial history," through the eyes of a scholar who helped to shape the field. In her teaching and writing, Burton has insisted that the vectors of imperial power run in multiple directions, argued that race must be incorporated into history writing,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822349027
• ISBN13: 9780822349020
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"