Britain's Experience of Empire in the Twentieth Century

Andrew Thompson's previous publications include The Empire Strikes Back? The Impact of Imperialism on Britain from the Mid-Nineteenth Century (2005) and Empire and Globalisation. Networks of People, Goods and Capital in the British World, c.1850-1914 (2010). He is currently a Council member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and serves on the editorial boards of South African Historical Journal and Twentieth Century British History.

• 1: Andrew Thompson: Introduction2: Philip Murphy: Britain as a Global Power in the Twentieth Century3: Jeffrey Cox: From the Empire of Christ to the Third World: Religion and the Experience of Empire in the Twentieth Century4: Wendy Webster: The Empire Comes Home: Commonwealth Migration to Britain5: Richard Whiting: The Empire and British Politics6: Jim Tomlinson: The Empire/Commonwealth in British Economic Thinking and Policy7: Andrew Thompson with Meaghan Kowalsky: Social Life and Cultural Representation: Empire in the Public Imagination8: Krishan Kumar: Empire, Nation, and National Identities9: Andrew Thompson: Afterword: The Imprint of the Empire

Britain's Experience of Empire is an important volume. It is thorough, accessible, and presents the first collected study of the impact of empire upon Britain's twentieth century. Moreover, in grappling with the effect upon Britain not only as being, but also of having been, an imperial power this book becomes part of the history it intends to write. It presents a thoughtful and balanced survey of a subject that inspires regular and impassioned debate. As such, Britain's Experience of Empire in the Twentieth Century should be welcomed alike by those within, and outside, the academy.