Legacy of violence : a history of the British empire

By:

Elkins, Caroline

Material type: Text

9780307272423

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Additional physical formats: Online version:: Legacy of violence.DDC classification:

909.09 23 ELK-L

LOC classification:

JV1062 .E55 2022

Contents:

Liberal imperialism -- Wars small and great -- Legalized lawlessness -- "I'm merely pro-British" -- Imperial convergence -- An imperial war -- A war of ideas -- Partnership -- Imperial resurgence -- Glass houses -- Exit Palestine, enter Malaya -- Small places, close to home -- Systematized violence -- Operation legacy -- Epilogue. Empire comes home.

Summary: "From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian: a searing study of the British Empire that interrogates the country's pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century and traces how these practices were exported, modified, and institutionalized in colonies around the globe"--

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	IIITD General Stacks	History	909.09 ELK-L (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011741

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"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian: a searing study of the British Empire that interrogates the country's pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century and traces how these practices were exported, modified, and institutionalized in colonies around the globe"--

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