Imperial Sceptics: British Critics of Empire, 1850-1920

by Gregory Claeys

Book Overview

Imperial Sceptics provides a highly original analysis of the emergence of opposition to the British Empire from 1850-1920. Departing from existing accounts, which have focused upon the Boer War and the writings of John Hobson, Gregory Claeys proposes a new chronology for the contours of resistance to imperial expansion. Claeys locates the impetus for such opposition in the late 1850s with the British followers of Auguste Comte. Tracing critical strands...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521199549
• ISBN13: 9780521199544
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"