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Author Elkins, Caroline, author.

Title Legacy of violence : a history of the British empire / Caroline Elkins.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  941.08 ELKINS    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  909.0971 ELKINS    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult New Materials  909.097 ELK    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  909.0971 ELKINS    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  942 ELK    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  941.08 ELKINS    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  909.0971 ELKINS    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  909 ELKINS    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  909.0971 ELKINS    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description x, 875 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Note "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 689-828) and index.
Contents Liberal imperialism -- Wars small and great -- Legalized lawlessness -- "I'm merely pro-British" -- Imperial convergence -- An imperial war -- A war of ideas -- Partnership -- Imperial resurgence -- Glass houses -- Exit Palestine, enter Malaya -- Small places, close to home -- Systematized violence -- Operation legacy -- Epilogue. Empire comes home.
Summary "From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian: a searing study of the British Empire that interrogates the country's pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century and traces how these practices were exported, modified, and institutionalized in colonies around the globe"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject State-sponsored terrorism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Punishment -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Liberalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Imperialism.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 20th century.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Social conditions.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Other Form: Online version: Elkins, Caroline. Legacy of violence First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022 9780593320082 (DLC) 2021018551
ISBN 9780307272423 (hardcover)
0307272427 (hardcover)
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