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Book SynopsisThis book appraises the critical contribution of the Studies in Imperialism series to the writing of imperial histories as the series passes its 100th publication. The volume brings together some of the most distinguished scholars writing today to explore the major intellectual trends in Imperial history.
Trade ReviewA fitting tribute to Professor MacKenzie’s enormous contribution to modern imperial history. In the spirit of MacKenzie’s expansive vision, this collection works both as a summation of his career and also as a stimulus to further research.'
Saul Dubow, Professor of History, Sussex University
With an intellectual and argumentative coherence often missing in edited volumes, "Writing Imperial histories" convincingly blends celebratory introspection with authoritative state of the art-assessments of key themes and methods in the current historiography of Empire.
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Table of ContentsIntroduction – Andrew Thompson
1. The MacKenziean moment in retrospect (or how one hundred volumes bloomed) – Stuart Ward
2. The power of culture and the cultures of power: John MacKenzie and the study of imperialism – Cherry Leonardi
3. Sex matters: Sexuality and the writing of colonial history – Robert Aldrich
4. Exploration, the environment, and empire – Dane Kennedy
5. Spatial concepts and the historical geographies of British colonialism – Alan Lester
6. Policing the colonial crowd: Patterns of policing in the European empires during the Depression years – Martin Thomas
7. Whatever Happened to the Third British Empire?: Empire, nation redux – Mrinalini Sinha
8. Media, India and the Raj – Chandrika Kaul
9. Empires, diasporas and cultural circulation – Sunil Amrith
10. Decolonisation, space and power: Immigration, welfare and housing in Britain and France, 1945–74 – Jim House and Andrew Thompson
Afterword – John Mackenzie
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