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Subject(s)

• Imperialism—Government policy—Great Britain—History—19th century [Browse]
• International relations—Public opinion—History—19th century [Browse]
• Public opinion—Great Britain—History—19th century [Browse]
• Political culture—Great Britain—History—19th century [Browse]
• Great Britain—Foreign relations—19th century [Browse]
• Great Britain—History—19th century [Browse]
• Great Britain—Intellectual life—19th century [Browse]

Editor

• Bell, Duncan, 1976- [Browse]

Series

• Ideas in context ; 86. [More in this series]
• Ideas in context ; 86 [More in this series]

Summary note

This wide-ranging and original 2007 study provides an insight into the climate of political thought during the lifespan of what was, at this time, the most powerful empire in history. A distinguished group of contributors explores the way in which thinkers in Britain theorised influential views about empire and international relations, exploring topics such as the evolution of international law; the ways in which the world was notionally divided into the 'civilised' and the 'barbarian'; the role of India in shaping visions of civil society; grandiose ideas about a global imperial state; the development of an array of radical critiques of empire; the varieties of liberal imperialism; and the rise and fall of free trade. Together, the chapters form an analysis of political thought in this context; both of the famous (Bentham, Mill, Marx, and Hobson) and of those who, whilst influential at the time, are all but forgotten today.

Notes

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ISBN

9780511490439 (ebook)

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