Sites of Imperial Memory: Commemorating Colonial Rule in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Sites of Imperial Memory: Commemorating Colonial Rule in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
By (Author) Dominik Geppert
Edited by Frank Muller
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
3rd March 2015
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
325.3209034
Physical Properties
Hardback
296
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
Europe's great colonial empires have long been a thing of the past, but the memories they generated are still all around us. They have left deep imprints on the different memory communities that were affected by the processes of establishing, running and dismantling these systems of imperial rule, and they are still vibrant and evocative today. Thi
Reviews
Sites of Imperial Memory contains a mine of new insights and perspectives. It provides a panorama of inspiring case studies from various imperial contexts, covering both metropoles and colonies, and demonstrates how rewarding it can be to anchor memory studies more firmly in the field of imperial history. The volume is particularly strong when it comes to exploring the multiple ways in which the use of symbols and public memory in colonial times intersected with the construction of memory after empire.
Jan C. Jansen is a Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute Washington, German Historical Institute London Bulletin, Vol. XXXVIII, No 2 (November 2016)
Author Bio
Dominik Geppert is Professor of Modern History at the University of Bonn
Frank Lorenz Mller is Professor of Modern History at the University of St Andrews
