Perspectives on Imperialism and Decolonization: Essays in Honour of A.F. Madden

by R. F. Holland (Editor), G. Rizvi (Editor)

Overview

First published in 1984. These essays have been collected to mark the retirement of Freddie Madden. The contributors have, at various times, been associated with him either as pupils or colleagues during his four decades at Oxford. Their articles, in the diversity of subject-matter and time-span which they encompass, reflect the catholic historical sympathy which was always Freddie Madden's hallmark as a historian; whilst their coherence around the central theme of the growth and demise of Western empire testify to the vitality of that imperial historiographic tradition which was the preeminent concern of his activities both as teacher and scholar.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714632421
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/01/1984
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Holland, R. F.; Rizvi, G.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Perspectives on Imperial History; Chapter 1 Can Humpty-Dumpty be put together again? Imperial History in the 1980s, DavidFieldhouse; Chapter 2 Colonialism French-Style, 1945–55: A Backward Glance, KennethRobinson; Chapter 3 Imperial Theory and the Question of Imperialism after Empire, RonaldRobinson; Part 2 Imperial Experience: Sentiment, Demography and Power; Chapter 4 Thomas Day and the Politics of Sentiment, PaulLangford; Chapter 5 The March of Everyman: Mobility and the Imperial Census of 1901, ColinNewbury; Chapter 6 British Foreign Policy and the Influence of Empire, 1870–1920, PaulHayes; Part 3 Interpreting British Decolonization; Chapter 7 Transfer of Power in India: A ‘Re-statement’ of an Alternative Approach, GowherRizvi; Chapter 8 The Mediator's Moment: Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and the Antecedents to the Cripps Mission to India, 1940–42, D. A.Low; Chapter 9 The Imperial Factor in British Strategies from Attlee to Macmillan, 1945–63, R. F.Holland; Chapter 10 British Decolonization since 1945: A Pattern or a Puzzle?, JohnDarwin;