Empires of the Mind by Gildea, Robert -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Half title Title page Imprints page Contents Figures Introduction 1 Empires Constructed and Contested

Trade, Settlement and Power Scrambles, White Supremacy and the Civilising Mission

2 Empires in Crisis: Two World Wars

Mobilising Empire, 1914–17 ‘The Wilsonian Moment’: Dreams and Realities Keeping the Lid on Empire The Defeat of the French and British Empires ‘The Age of Imperialism is Ended’ Liberation or the Restoration of Empire? Dilemma in the United Nations Empire by Force of Arms

3 The Imperialism of Decolonisation

The British Empire: Letting Go and Clinging On Defending the French Union Reconciling Europe and Empire The Suez Crisis Apotheosis or Colonial Crime?

4 Neo-Colonialism, New Global Empire

Losing Algeria, Gaining Françafrique Leaving Southern Africa, Recovering Informal Empire Britain’s Settler Colony: Northern Ireland Neo-Colonialism Again: Falklands and New Caledonia The Global Financial Republic: A New Imperialism?

5 Colonising in Reverse and Colonialist Backlash

From Windrush to ‘Rivers of Blood’ The Algerian War Comes to France Assimilation or Exclusion?

6 Europe: In or Out?

‘The England of Kipling is Dead’ ‘Up Yours, Delors!’ The Breakthrough of Euroscepticism

7 Islamism and the Retreat to Monocultural Nationalism

The Rise of Global Islamism The Satanic Verses and the Crisis of British Identity ‘No More Paki. Me a Muslim’ The Veil Controversy and the Crisis of French Identity The Return of the Algerian War A Multicultural Moment?

8 Hubris and Nemesis: Iraq, the Colonial Fracture and Global Economic Crisis

‘American Empire (Get Used to It)’ ‘Another World is Possible’ Nemesis 1: ‘Everything Falls Apart’ in Iraq Nemesis 2: The Colonial Fracture at Home Nemesis 3: The Rejection of the European Constitution Nemesis 4: The End of the Global Financial Empire?

9 The Empire Strikes Back

10 Fantasy, Anguish and Working Through Conclusion Acknowledgements The Wiles Lectures Notes

Introduction 1 Empires Constructed and Contested 2 Empires in Crisis: Two World Wars 3 The Imperialism of Decolonisation 4 Neo-Colonialism, New Global Empire 5 Colonising in Reverse and Colonialist Backlash 6 Europe: In or Out? 7 Islamism and the Retreat to Monocultural Nationalism 8 Hubris and Nemesis: Iraq, the Colonial Fracture and Global Economic Crisis 9 The Empire Strikes Back 10 Fantasy, Anguish and Working Through

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