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Embers of Empire in Brexit Britain

Ward, Stuart Rasch, Astrid
Innbundet / 2019 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781350113800
Publisert
2019-07-25
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
AldersnivĂĽ
U, 05
SprĂĽk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
200

Redaktør
Ward, Stuart
Rasch, Astrid

Biographical note

Stuart Ward is Professor and Head of the Saxo Institute of History, Ethnology, Archaeology and Classics at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is the author of The Unknown Nation: Australia After Empire (2010; co-authored with James Curran) and Australia and the British Embrace (2001), and the editor of British Culture and the End of Empire (2001). Astrid Rasch is Associate Professor of English in the Department of Language and Literature at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. She is the editor of Life Writing After Empire (2017).

Embers of Empire in Brexit Britain

Ward, Stuart Rasch, Astrid
Innbundet / 2019 / Engelsk
Ward, Stuart Rasch, Astrid
Innbundet / 2019 / Engelsk
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This assemblage of formidable essays illuminates the myriad understandings of yesteryear's empire and today's Empire 2.0, and their roles in the Brexit debates. Thought-provoking and deftly concise, this collection should be assigned reading for scholars and general audiences alike.

Caroline Elkins, Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Harvard University, USA

A serious, scholarly engagement with the legacies of empire in Brexit Britain is long overdue. This book brings together an impressive array of scholars in a volume to make all sides think, argue and look afresh at the afterlives of empire in modern Britain.

Robert Saunders, Senior Lecturer in History, Queen Mary University of London, UK

<i>Embers of Empire in Brexit Britain </i>is a vital contribution to understanding the causes and the meanings of Brexit. It is essential reading for making sense of the current predicament.

Duncan Bell, Reader in Political Thought and International Relations, University of Cambridge, UK

While the British Empire is long gone, it survives as a recurring flashpoint in heated debates about the present and future of Britain and the nations over which Britain once ruled. Embers of Empire in Brexit Britain turns a critical eye to the widely-held notion that the long shadow of the imperial past has much to answer for, and asks to what extent should the residual after-effects of Britain’s colonial empire be taken at face value? From the ‘Rhodes must fall’ controversy and contested anniversaries to immigration scares and the question of what Britishness is in a post-imperial world, an eclectic mix of expert researchers, writers and commentators consider the legacy of the British empire in the battle over Brexit. As the United Kingdom haggles its way out of the European Union and casts about for an alternative future, this volume shows how the memory of the empire is still as potent a political force as ever.
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Notes on Contributors 1. Introduction: Greater Britain, Global Britain Stuart Ward (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and Astrid Rasch (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) 2. Debating Empire 2.0 David Thackeray and Richard Toye (both University of Exeter, UK) 3. Brexit and the Anglosphere Mike Kenny (University of Cambridge, UK) and Nick Pearce (University of Bath, UK) 4. How Unique is Britain's Empire Complex? Elizabeth Buettner (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) 5. Forgetfulness. England's Discontinuous Histories Bill Schwarz (Queen Mary University of London, UK) 6. Ireland and the English Question Fintan O’Toole (The Irish Times, Ireland) 7. Scotland, Brexit and the Persistence of Empire Neal Ascherson (University College London, UK) 8. Gibraltar: Brexit's Silent Partner Jennifer Ballantine Perera (University of Gibraltar, Gibraltar) 9. Brexit and the Other Special Relationship Camilla Schofield (University of East Anglia, UK) 10. Refugees, Migrants, Windrush and Brexit Yasmin Khan (University of Oxford, UK) 11. Rhodes Must Fall: Brexit and Circuits of Knowledge and Influence Saul Dubow (Cambridge University, UK) 12. Relics of Empire? Colonialism and the Culture Wars Katie Donington (London South Bank University, UK) 13. The Guerrilla Arts in Brexit Bristol Olivette Otele (Bath Spa University, UK) 14. Biggar vs Little Britain Richard Drayton (King’s College London, UK) 15. Visions of China Robert Bickers (University of Bristol, UK) 16. Afterword Dane Kennedy (George Washington University, USA) Endnotes Index
Les mer
At a time of endemic discord over Britain’s global orientation, this book examines the myriad ways in which the afterlight of empire is refracted in contemporary public life.
A full exploration of the political use of Britain’s imperial past in contemporary issues

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This assemblage of formidable essays illuminates the myriad understandings of yesteryear's empire and today's Empire 2.0, and their roles in the Brexit debates. Thought-provoking and deftly concise, this collection should be assigned reading for scholars and general audiences alike.

Caroline Elkins, Professor of History and African and African American Studies, Harvard University, USA

A serious, scholarly engagement with the legacies of empire in Brexit Britain is long overdue. This book brings together an impressive array of scholars in a volume to make all sides think, argue and look afresh at the afterlives of empire in modern Britain.

Robert Saunders, Senior Lecturer in History, Queen Mary University of London, UK

<i>Embers of Empire in Brexit Britain </i>is a vital contribution to understanding the causes and the meanings of Brexit. It is essential reading for making sense of the current predicament.

Duncan Bell, Reader in Political Thought and International Relations, University of Cambridge, UK

While the British Empire is long gone, it survives as a recurring flashpoint in heated debates about the present and future of Britain and the nations over which Britain once ruled. Embers of Empire in Brexit Britain turns a critical eye to the widely-held notion that the long shadow of the imperial past has much to answer for, and asks to what extent should the residual after-effects of Britain’s colonial empire be taken at face value? From the ‘Rhodes must fall’ controversy and contested anniversaries to immigration scares and the question of what Britishness is in a post-imperial world, an eclectic mix of expert researchers, writers and commentators consider the legacy of the British empire in the battle over Brexit. As the United Kingdom haggles its way out of the European Union and casts about for an alternative future, this volume shows how the memory of the empire is still as potent a political force as ever.
Les mer
Notes on Contributors 1. Introduction: Greater Britain, Global Britain Stuart Ward (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and Astrid Rasch (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway) 2. Debating Empire 2.0 David Thackeray and Richard Toye (both University of Exeter, UK) 3. Brexit and the Anglosphere Mike Kenny (University of Cambridge, UK) and Nick Pearce (University of Bath, UK) 4. How Unique is Britain's Empire Complex? Elizabeth Buettner (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) 5. Forgetfulness. England's Discontinuous Histories Bill Schwarz (Queen Mary University of London, UK) 6. Ireland and the English Question Fintan O’Toole (The Irish Times, Ireland) 7. Scotland, Brexit and the Persistence of Empire Neal Ascherson (University College London, UK) 8. Gibraltar: Brexit's Silent Partner Jennifer Ballantine Perera (University of Gibraltar, Gibraltar) 9. Brexit and the Other Special Relationship Camilla Schofield (University of East Anglia, UK) 10. Refugees, Migrants, Windrush and Brexit Yasmin Khan (University of Oxford, UK) 11. Rhodes Must Fall: Brexit and Circuits of Knowledge and Influence Saul Dubow (Cambridge University, UK) 12. Relics of Empire? Colonialism and the Culture Wars Katie Donington (London South Bank University, UK) 13. The Guerrilla Arts in Brexit Bristol Olivette Otele (Bath Spa University, UK) 14. Biggar vs Little Britain Richard Drayton (King’s College London, UK) 15. Visions of China Robert Bickers (University of Bristol, UK) 16. Afterword Dane Kennedy (George Washington University, USA) Endnotes Index
Les mer
At a time of endemic discord over Britain’s global orientation, this book examines the myriad ways in which the afterlight of empire is refracted in contemporary public life.
A full exploration of the political use of Britain’s imperial past in contemporary issues

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781350113800
Publisert
2019-07-25
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Vekt
454 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
AldersnivĂĽ
U, 05
SprĂĽk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
200

Redaktør
Ward, Stuart
Rasch, Astrid

Biographical note

Stuart Ward is Professor and Head of the Saxo Institute of History, Ethnology, Archaeology and Classics at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is the author of The Unknown Nation: Australia After Empire (2010; co-authored with James Curran) and Australia and the British Embrace (2001), and the editor of British Culture and the End of Empire (2001). Astrid Rasch is Associate Professor of English in the Department of Language and Literature at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. She is the editor of Life Writing After Empire (2017).

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