DEBATE ON THE RISE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
Series: ISSUES IN HISTORIOGRAPHY
Publisher: MANCHESTER UNIV PRESS; Manchester University Press
Published: May 28, 2006
Place of publication: MANCHESTER
Language: und; eng
Number of pages: 208
Description: Anthony Webster examines the rise of the British empire and the various debates among historians of imperialism over two hundred years. He discusses why the empire is an attractive subject, why controversy surrounds it, and how different generations of historians have read the episodes in the history of the empire.