This book examines the ways in which imperial agendas informed the writing of history in nineteenth-century Britain and how historical writing transformed imper
In this wide-ranging volume, leading scholars across several disciplines--history, literature, sociology, and cultural studies--investigate the nature of libera
In this state-of-the-field anthology, leading scholars in the fields of European imperial history and intellectual history explore the nature of European imperi
We take liberalism to be a set of ideas committed to political rights and self-determination, yet it also served to justify an empire built on political dominat
While the need for a history of liberalism that goes beyond its conventional European limits is well recognized, the agrarian backwaters of the British Empire m