Alan Sennett<\/p>\n
Part Two of our three-part study of Britain and its empire 1500-2000, sees the Empire at the height of its global reach and power.\u00a0 Starting as formal British rule in India is established in the 1850s, we follow the trajectory of British power through to the eve of the Second World War.\u00a0 We look at the so-called \u201cnew imperialism\u201d of the late nineteenth century; the development of the \u201cwhite dominions\u201d; critics of empire in the early twentieth century; scientific racism and imperialism; imperial crises such as the Boer War; the impact of the First World War; popular perceptions of Empire and attempts to \u201csell\u201d it at home; the Raj and the rise of nationalist resistance; the emergence of the Commonwealth idea and the beginning of imperial decline in the inter-war years.\u00a0 We ask what role empire played in the economy, society and politics in Britain during this period.\u00a0 How much did Britons know or care about \u201ctheir\u201d empire?\u00a0 Was the Empire a benefit or a burden at its high-water mark?\u00a0 How did contemporaries view empire at home and abroad, and did optimism turn to pessimism and deeper criticism after the First World War?<\/p>\n
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\n10 weeks, 5th January \u2013 16th<\/sup> March 2021
\nHalf term break: 16 February
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