How Unique is Britain’s Empire Complex?

Authors
Publication date 2019
Host editors
  • S. Ward
  • A. Rasch
Book title Embers of Empire in Brexit Britain
ISBN
  • 9781350113794
  • 9781350113800
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9781350113824
  • 9781350113817
Pages (from-to) 37-47
Number of pages 11
Publisher London: Bloomsbury Academic
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School of Historical Studies (ASH)
Abstract Elizabeth Buettner tackles the problem of British exceptionalism, asking whether the UK really is so unique among the former empire-states of Europe in cultivating the memory of past imperial exploits. Comparing Britain’s imperial aftermath with that of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and Denmark, she finds surprising similarities in terms of the moral legacies of empire and their contemporary resonances.
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350113831.ch-004
Published at https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uvanl/detail.action?docID=5829533
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