The Decline, Revival and Fall of the British Empire: The Ford Lectures and Other Essays

by John Andrew Gallagher

Through his teaching in the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, Jack Gallagher was a major influence on a generation of students of empire. His re-interpretation of the nature of British imperialism, most notably in Africa and the Victorians (written with Ronald Robinson) stimulated much debate. His pupil and colleague Anil Seal has edited for this volume a group of Professor Gallagher's major essays: the unpublished Ford Lectures on the British...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521891043
• ISBN13: 9780521891042
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"