Imperial legacies : the British Empire around the world /
"Britain yesterday; America today. The reality of being top dog is that everybody hates you. In this provocative book, noted historian and commentator Jeremy Black shows how criticisms of the legacy of the British Empire are in part criticisms of the reality of American power today. He emphasiz...
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New York :
Encounter Books,
[2019]
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Table of Contents:
- Competing histories
- Why empire?
- British rule and foundation accounts : India and Ireland
- China and the United States
- Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
- Responding to the world that empire made
- The slave trade and racism
- The view from Britain.