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Empires of the mind : the colonial past and the politics of the present / Robert Gildea.
By: Gildea, Robert [author.]
Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019Description: viii, 358 pages : black and white illustrationsContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781107159587Subject(s): Imperialism -- History | Imperialism -- Social aspects | Postcolonialism -- History | Postcolonialism -- Social aspects | International organization | World politics -- 21st centuryDDC classification: 325.32
Contents:
Empires constructed and contested -- Empires in crisis : two world wars -- The imperialism of decolonisation -- Neo-colonialism, new global empire -- Colonising in reverse and colonialist backlash -- Europe : in or out? -- Islamism and the retreat to monocultural nationalism -- Hubris and nemesis : Iraq, the colonial fracture and global economic crisis -- The empire strikes back -- Fantasy, anguish and working through.
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 325.32 GIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 019553 |
Empires constructed and contested -- Empires in crisis : two world wars -- The imperialism of decolonisation -- Neo-colonialism, new global empire -- Colonising in reverse and colonialist backlash -- Europe : in or out? -- Islamism and the retreat to monocultural nationalism -- Hubris and nemesis : Iraq, the colonial fracture and global economic crisis -- The empire strikes back -- Fantasy, anguish and working through.