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With the return of Hong Kong to the Chinese government in 1997, the empire that had lasted three hundred years lost its hold on the world and slipped into history. But the question of how we understand the British Empire--its origins, nature, purpose, and effect on the world it ruled--is far... read more
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First Sentence edit
Nations, it has recently become commonplace to observe, are in part imagined communities, depending for their credibility and identity both on the legitimacy of government and the apparatus of the state, and on invented traditions, manufactured myths, and shared perceptions of the social order that are never more than crude categories and oversimplified stereotypes.
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Cannadine (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0195146603
Page Count: 288
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2001
ISBN: 0195146603
Page Count: 288
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 941
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