ABSTRACT

In recent years, imperial history has experienced a newfound vigour, dynamism and diversity. There has been an explosion of new work in the field, which has been driven into even greater prominence by contemporary world events. However, this resurgence has brought with it disputes between those who are labelled as exponents of a ‘new imperial history’ and those who can, by default, be termed old imperial historians.

This collection not only gathers together some of the most important, influential and controversial work which has come to be labelled ‘new imperial history’, but also presents key examples of innovative recent writing across the broader fields of imperial and colonial studies. 

This book is the perfect companion for any student interested in empires and global history.

chapter |20 pages

Introduction

New Imperial Histories

part 1|51 pages

Promoting and explaining ‘new imperial history’

part 2|41 pages

Intellectual battles and exchanges

chapter Chapter 5|14 pages

Coda: The Burden of the Past

chapter Chapter 6|8 pages

Shoot Them to be Sure

part 3|21 pages

Influences from anthropology and psychoanalysis

part 4|38 pages

Imperial cultures as global networks

part 5|31 pages

Feminism, gender studies, histories of the body

part 6|22 pages

Ecological history

part 8|52 pages

The impact of colonialism’s cultures on metropoles

part 9|33 pages

Colonialism’s afterlives

part 10|48 pages

Africa and the Caribbean

part 12|26 pages

New histories, new empires – and the ‘colonial present’

chapter Chapter 30|13 pages

Empire after Globalisation