The Absent-Minded Imperialists: Empire, Society, and Culture in Britain

By Bernard Porter

Book Overview

The British empire was a huge enterprise. To foreigners it more or less defined Britain in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its repercussions in the wider world are still with us today. One might expect this to have been reflected in her society and culture. This is the first book
to examine this assumption critically against the broader background of contemporary British society. Bernard Porter, a leading imperial historian, argues that the empire had a far lower profile in Britain than it did abroad. He argues that though Britain was an imperial nation in this period, she
was never a genuine imperial society.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199299595
• ISBN13: 9780199299591
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"