The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume V: Historiography - 2001
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The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume V: Historiography
Edizione Inglese di Robin Winks (a cura di), Wm.Roger Louis (Redattore di serie)
Editore: OUP Oxford
EAN: 9780199246809
ISBN: 0199246807
Pagine: 756
Formato: Paperback
The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. This fifth and final volume examines the historiography of empire, investigating the shape and development of scholarly and popular opinion about the British Empire over the centuries. It discusses the ways in which public pressures, current events, the personal backgrounds of authors, theexisting literature, and even the nature of university and library development have influenced writings about empire broadly, and the British Empire specifically.