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A history of the many different British Empires the Old Colonial System (1600-1776), the Empire of Free Trade (1776-1870), the New Imperialism (1870-1945), Decolonisation (1945-1990) and the era of humanitarian intervention (1990-2020). Britains Empires aims to tell the story of the colonial past as one marked by change and reinvention.

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The end of the empire and the legacies of Britain's imperial past have shaped how the British public interact with the outside world. This book shows how the international activities of civic associations in the 1960s can help us to understand the impact of decolonisation on the British public's sense of international responsibility. -- .

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Studying the demise of the British Empire after World War II from a cultural perspective rather than a political or economic one, this text argues that the social and cultural impact of decolonisation had as significant an effect on the imperial centre as on the colonial periphery.

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Explores the tensions underlying British imperialism in Cyprus. This book follows Cyprus' progress from a perceived imperial asset to an expendable backwater by explaining how the Union Jack came to fly over the island and why after thirty-five years the British wanted it lowered.

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This book explores the tensions underlying British imperialism in Cyprus, explaining how the Union Jack came to fly over the island and why after thirty-five years the British wanted it lowered. Cyprus' importance was always more imagined than real and was enmeshed within widely held cultural signifiers and myths. -- .

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How did the French rule their colonial overseas possessions dispersed all over the world This book focuses on local populations and workers in the colonies. Indigenous experts, slaves or indentured servants as well as French engineers and naval officers contributed to the building of the foundation of the French empire. -- .

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How did the French rule their colonial overseas possessions dispersed all over the world This book focuses on local populations and workers in the colonies. Indigenous experts, slaves or indentured servants as well as French engineers and naval officers contributed to the building of the foundation of the French empire. -- .

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When the Soviet Union officially ended in December 1991 and was replaced by the Commonwealth of Independent States, the five Central Asian republicsKazakstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistanalso became independent.

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This innovative interdisciplinary volume explores the politics of biblical translation and interpretation in a global context, demonstrating how biblical ideas and metaphors shaped narratives of racial, national and identity in the long nineteenth century.

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This innovative interdisciplinary volume explores the politics of biblical translation and interpretation in a global context, demonstrating how biblical ideas and metaphors shaped narratives of racial, national and identity in the long nineteenth century.

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Details contemporary debates about the purpose of history teaching and the influence of late-Victorian and Edwardian educational culture, and goes on to examine how pedagogical developments shaped the content of early-years reading books and textbooks. -- .

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Details contemporary debates about the purpose of history teaching and the influence of late-Victorian and Edwardian educational culture, and goes on to examine how pedagogical developments shaped the content of early-years reading books and textbooks. -- .

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An unusual view of an agrarian region in the process of development by a colonial power. Taiwan (or Formosa), when it reverted to Chinese control in 1945, had been for fifty years the Japanese empire's most cherished foreign possession. Using the remarkable statistical data that the Japanese compiled to aid their administration--one of the most com

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When European powers colonised the globe, they spread not only political power but also ideas. Yet those within colonised societies did not receive those ideas passively. They instead sought to transform or repurpose them, often in surprising or ambiguous ways. This volume illustrates a variety of examples worthy of further study. -- .

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When European powers colonised the globe, they spread not only political power but also ideas. Yet those within colonised societies did not receive those ideas passively. They instead sought to transform or repurpose them, often in surprising or ambiguous ways. This volume illustrates a variety of examples worthy of further study. -- .