Empires Without imperialism : Anglo-American decline and the politics of deflection /
Morefield, Jeanne, 1967-
Empires Without imperialism : Anglo-American decline and the politics of deflection / Jeanne Morefield. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
For over two centuries, liberal apologists for empire in Britain and America have been plagued by the contradictions between political liberalism and the exclusive, anti-democratic, and violent practices of imperialism - contradictions that become particularly obvious during periods of perceived imperial crisis. This book interrogates the complicated rhetoric of several pro-imperial, public intellectuals from both the late British Empire and contemporary America, two eras marked by intense anxiety about decline.
9780199345397 (ebook) : No price
Liberalism--History.--Great Britain
Liberalism--History.--United States
Imperialism.
Great Britain--Colonies--History.
United States--Colonies--History.
JC574.2.G7 / M67 2014
320.510941
Empires Without imperialism : Anglo-American decline and the politics of deflection / Jeanne Morefield. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
For over two centuries, liberal apologists for empire in Britain and America have been plagued by the contradictions between political liberalism and the exclusive, anti-democratic, and violent practices of imperialism - contradictions that become particularly obvious during periods of perceived imperial crisis. This book interrogates the complicated rhetoric of several pro-imperial, public intellectuals from both the late British Empire and contemporary America, two eras marked by intense anxiety about decline.
9780199345397 (ebook) : No price
Liberalism--History.--Great Britain
Liberalism--History.--United States
Imperialism.
Great Britain--Colonies--History.
United States--Colonies--History.
JC574.2.G7 / M67 2014
320.510941