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Cities of empire : the British colonies and the creation of the urban world
Record details
- ISBN: 0805096000 (electronic book)
- ISBN: 9780805096002 (electronic book)
- ISBN: 0805093087 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9780805093087 (hardback)
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Physical Description:
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xix, 515 pages, 24 unnumbered pages <b class='oils_SH keyword physical_description'>of</b> plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm - Publisher: New York, New York : Metropolitan Books, 2014.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in England in 2014 under the title Ten Cities that Made an Empire by Allen Lane, London." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-443) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Boston -- Bridgetown -- Dublin -- Cape Town -- Calcutta -- Hong Kong -- Bombay -- Melbourne -- New Delhi -- Liverpool. |
| Summary, etc.: | "An original history of the most enduring colonial creation, the city, explored through ten portraits of powerful urban centers the British Empire left in its wake. At its peak, the British Empire was an urban civilization of epic proportions, leaving behind a network of cities which now stand as the economic and cultural powerhouses of the twenty-first century. In a series of ten vibrant urban biographies that stretch from the shores of Puritan Boston to Dublin, Hong Kong, New Delhi, Liverpool, and beyond, acclaimed historian Tristram Hunt demonstrates that urbanism is in fact the most lasting of Britain's imperial legacies. Combining historical scholarship, cultural criticism, and personal reportage, Hunt offers a new history of empire, excavated from architecture and infrastructure, from housing and hospitals, sewers and statues, prisons and palaces. Avoiding the binary verdict of empire as 'good' or 'bad,' he traces the collaboration of cultures and traditions that produced these influential urban centers, the work of an army of administrators, officers, entrepreneurs, slaves, and renegades. In these ten cities, Hunt shows, we also see the changing faces of British colonial settlement: a haven for religious dissenters, a lucrative slave-trading post, a center of global hegemony. Lively, authoritative, and eye-opening, Cities of Empire makes a crucial new contribution to the history of colonialism"-- |
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| Genre: | History. Case studies. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| East Longmeadow Public Library | 941 HUN (Text) | 30595000916802 | Second Floor | Available | - |
