Empire-Building and Empire-Builders

by Ingram,Edward

• ISBN13: 9780714646121
• ISBN10: 0714646121
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781317791959
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-09-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The twelve studies of empire-building and empire-builders which make up this volume range widely across the dream world that was the British Empire from the late eighteenth century to the Second World War. The essays re-interpret the work of imperial heroes, eminent historians, and fictional heroines. They illustrate the variety of techniques used by British empire-builders and the variety of explanations they gave to account for their sometimes infamous behaviour.

Author Biography

Edward Ingram is Professor of Imperial History at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
Preface
Flying the Flag at Constantinople	p. 1
Explaining Away Aggression in the Carnatic	p. 5
Directing the Mail from Baghdad	p. 30
Exaggerating Victory at the Nile, Copenhagen, and Trafalgar	p. 47
Postures of Power in Persia	p. 59
Signalling Success from Malta	p. 90
Playing at Buffer States with the Qajars	p. 102
The Great Duke's Great Game in Asia	p. 113
Defeat as Victory in Afghanistan	p. 143
The Pukka Sahib as the Henty Hero	p. 173
In Search of the Stormy Petrel at Simla	p. 194
A. J. P. Taylor's Patriotic History	p. 205
Index	p. 223
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