The Statecraft of British Imperialism: Essays in Honour of Wm. Roger LouisRobert Desmond King, Robin W. Kilson Psychology Press, 1999 - 272 pages These stimulating essays reassess the meaning of British imperialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. They are written by leading authorities in the field and range in scope from the aftermath of the American revolution to the liquidation of the British empire, from the Caribean to the Pacific, from Suez to Hong Kong. |
Contents
Wm Roger Louis and the Official Mind | 1 |
Empire Reconsidered Max Beloff | 13 |
The Dynamics | 27 |
Who Cared about the Thirteen Colonies? | 53 |
All Souls and India 192147 Sarvepalli Gopal | 86 |
Roger Louis and | 124 |
The Colonial Office | 143 |
The British in | 159 |
Israel the Great Powers and the Middle East | 177 |
The Strange Death of Dominion Status W David McIntyre | 193 |
British Labour | 233 |
Select Bibliography of Wm Roger Louis | 255 |
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