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Ghosts of empire : Britain's legacies in the modern world /

Kwasi Kwarteng masterfully re-examines the messy legacy of the British Empire, grand, colorful and chronically unstable due to haphazard, incoherent policy-making that went unchecked.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kwarteng, Kwasi
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : BBS PublicAffairs, [2011]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Decolonization > History.
Great Britain > Colonies > History.
Great Britain > Influence > History.
Description
Summary:Kwasi Kwarteng masterfully re-examines the messy legacy of the British Empire, grand, colorful and chronically unstable due to haphazard, incoherent policy-making that went unchecked.
Item Description:"First published in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2011"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:466 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781610391207 (hc.)
1610391209 (hc.)