TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morefield,Jeanne
TI  - Empires Without imperialism: Anglo-American decline and the politics of deflection 
SN  - 9780199345397 (ebook) :
AV  - JC574.2.G7 M67 2014
U1  - 320.510941 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Liberalism
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - United States
KW  - Imperialism
KW  - Colonies
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
UR  - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199387328.001.0001
ER  -