Legacy of violence : a history of the British empire / Caroline Elkins.

By:

Elkins, Caroline [author.]

Material type:

TextPublication details: New York penguin Random House 2022Description: 875 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780307272423

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Legacy of violence.DDC classification:

909/.0971241082 23

LOC classification:

JV1062 .E55 2022

Contents:

Liberal imperialism -- Wars small and great -- Legalized lawlessness -- "I'm merely pro-British" -- Imperial convergence -- An imperial war -- A war of ideas -- Partnership -- Imperial resurgence -- Glass houses -- Exit Palestine, enter Malaya -- Small places, close to home -- Systematized violence -- Operation legacy -- Epilogue. Empire comes home.

Summary: "From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian: a searing study of the British Empire that interrogates the country's pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century and traces how these practices were exported, modified, and institutionalized in colonies around the globe"-- Provided by publisher.

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"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian: a searing study of the British Empire that interrogates the country's pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century and traces how these practices were exported, modified, and institutionalized in colonies around the globe"-- Provided by publisher.

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