Overview
- Explores and celebrates the work of John M. MacKenzie in re-shaping the way in which British imperial history is approached and written about
- Considers MacKenzie’s contribution to our understanding of Scotland’s role within the British Empire and the balance of power within the British Isles more generally
- Discusses MacKenzie’s stance in relation to two prominent historiographical debates with Bernard Porter and with Edward Said
Part of the book series: Britain and the World (BAW)
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This book celebrates the career of the eminent historian of the British Empire John M. MacKenzie, who pioneered the examination of the impact of the Empire on metropolitan culture. It is structured around three areas: the cultural impact of empire, 'Four-Nations' history, and global and transnational perspectives. These essays demonstrate MacKenzie’s influence but also interrogate his legacy for the study of imperial history, not only for Britain and the nations of Britain but also in comparative and transnational context. Written by seventeen historians from around the world, its subjects range from Jumbomania in Victorian Britain to popular imperial fiction, the East India Company, the ironic imperial revivalism of the 1960s, Scotland and Ireland and the empire, to transnational Chartism and Belgian colonialism. The essays are framed by three evaluations of what will be known as 'the MacKenzian moment' in the study of imperialism.
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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The Cultural Impact of Empire
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Four-Nations History
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Global and Transnational Perspectives
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Reviews
“A rich collection of essays that mirrors the thoughtfulness of Mackenzie’s approach to cultural history, the nature of Orientalism, and the previously unconsidered dimensions of social experience in which empire figured large. Alongside close analysis of Scotland’s place in imperial history, there’s extensive treatment of museum culture, imperial architectural styling, trends in imperialist literatures, and evidence of British world connections. Other contributors make crystal clear why the interpretational shifts initiated by MacKenzie’s work are of lasting importance.” (Martin Thomas, University of Exeter, UK)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Stephanie Barczewski is Carol K. Brown Scholar in the Humanities and Professor of History at Clemson University, USA. Her most recent publication is Heroic Failure and the British (2016).
Martin Farr is Senior Lecturer in History at Newcastle University, UK. He teaches and writes on British politics and public life since 1914.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The MacKenzie Moment and Imperial History
Book Subtitle: Essays in Honour of John M. MacKenzie
Editors: Stephanie Barczewski, Martin Farr
Series Title: Britain and the World
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24459-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24458-3Published: 20 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-24461-3Published: 20 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-24459-0Published: 11 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2947-7182
Series E-ISSN: 2947-7190
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 421
Number of Illustrations: 16 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Imperialism and Colonialism, History of Britain and Ireland, Cultural History, Historiography and Method