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Title Britain's experience of empire in the twentieth century / edited by Andrew Thompson
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012

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 MELB  327.4100904 Tho/Beo  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 356 pages ; 24 cm
Series The Oxford history of the British Empire companion series
Oxford history of the British Empire companion series.
Contents Britain as a global power in the twentieth century / Philip Murphy -- From the empire of Christ to the Third World : religion and the experience of empire in the twentieth century / Jeffrey Cox -- Empire comes home : commonwealth migration to Britain / Wendy Webster -- Empire and British politics / Richard Whiting -- Empire/commonwealth in British economic thinking and policy / Jim Tomlinson -- Social life and cultural representation : empire in the public imagination / Andrew Thompson with Meaghan Kowalsky -- Empire, nation, and national identities / Krishan Kumar -- Afterword : the imprint of the empire / Andrew Thompson
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Imperialism -- Public opinion -- History -- 20th century.
Postcolonialism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Postcolonialism -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century.
Imperialism in popular culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Imperialism in popular culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century.
SUBJECT United Kingdom -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100289
United Kingdom -- Colonies http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056632 -- Public opinion http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006218 -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006165
United Kingdom -- Colonies http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056632 -- Public opinion http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006218 -- History -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006168
Author Thompson, Andrew S. (Andrew Stuart), 1968-
LC no. 2011534224
ISBN 9780199236589 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
0199236585 (hbk. : acid-free paper)