Alibis of empire : Henry Maine and the ends of liberal imperialism /

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Alibis of Empire presents a novel account of the origins, substance, and afterlife of late imperial ideology. Karuna Mantena challenges the idea that Victorian empire was primarily legitimated by liberal notions of progress and civilization. In fact, as the British Empire gained its farthest reach,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mantena, Karuna, 1974-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Maine, Henry Sumner, > 1822-1888 > Political and social views.
Maine, Henry Sumner, > 1822-1888
Maine, Henry Sumner.
Imperialism.
Impérialisme.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
British colonies
Imperialism
Political and social views
Imperialismustheorie
Great Britain > Colonies.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies.
Großbritannien
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION
  • The Ideological Origins of Indirect Rule; CHAPTER ONE
  • The Crisis of Liberal Imperialism; CHAPTER TWO
  • Inventing Traditional Society: Empire and the Origins of Social Theory; CHAPTER THREE
  • Codification in the East and West; CHAPTER FOUR
  • The Nineteenth-Century Debate on Property; CHAPTER FIVE
  • Native Society in Crisis: Conceptual Foundations of Indirect Rule; CODA
  • Liberalism and Empire Reconsidered; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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