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‘Showcasing Empire’ Past & Present Or A Brief History of Popular Imperialism, from Britannia to Brexit

open access: yesCahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens, 2021
Can a genealogy be established between Britannia (Thomas Arne composed Rule Britannia in 1740) and Brexit? Whilst the concept of Empire 2.0 has often been used to engage with the range of reasons put forward by Brexiteers to support the principle of a ...
Berny Sèbe
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BOOK REVIEW: KAORI NAGAI, "IMPERIAL BEAST FABLES: ANIMALS, COSMOPOLITANISM, AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE", LONDON: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 2020, 265 P.

open access: yesStudia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia, 2022
Although often reduced to moralizing maxims, enjoyed for their exoticism, or relegated to the realm of children’s literature, fables resist such restrictive confinements by creating a narrative space that invites the contemplation of intricate political,
Adina DRAGOȘ
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English as a Tool of British Political and Linguistic Imperialism in Chinua Achebe’s A Man of the People

open access: yesUniversity of Chitral Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 2019
The spread of English is considered as a tool of British political and linguistic imperialism in effects of globalization. Kachrus Three Circle model of World Englishes has always played significant role in the categorization of the spread of English ...
Naeema Shah
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Unveiling power, or why social science's task is explanation

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract This short essay contends that sociology should devote attention to causal explanation in order to expose lies. It argues that lies about causes are common in society and social science is in a unique privileged position to offer social knowledge that can dispel such lies. Offering causal explanations is a vital task of this project.
Julian Go
wiley   +1 more source

Joyce, Galway and the Spanish Armada [PDF]

open access: yesEstudios Irlandeses, 2023
James Joyce visited Galway and the Aran Islands in 1912 and took advantage of the occasion to write two articles in Italian that he published in Il Piccolo della Sera in 1912.
José Ruiz-Mas
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History of the Emergence and Impact of British Imperialism in the Mughal Empire (1610–1858)

open access: yesStudi Multidisipliner: Jurnal Kajian Keislaman
This article aims to examine the history, process, and impact of imperialism carried out by the British Government through the East India Company (EIC) on the existence of the Mughal Empire in India. This study uses a historical research methodology that
Mohamad Aqbil Wikarya Abdul Karim   +4 more
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Cultures of Display: The Mirror of Imperialism

open access: yesCahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens, 2021
Imperial history in general received very little attention in British universities until the 1950s. Until that time, such history was treated in highly ethnocentric ways, often with a specific focus on imperial rule from above.
John M. MacKenzie
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Motherhood and Empire Building in Virginia Woolf’s The Voyage Out

open access: yesAltralang Journal
Contemporary interpretations of Virginia Woolf’s works increasingly emphasize the significance of political contexts. Her experiences with the threat of war and patriarchal oppression are evident throughout her fiction, beginning with her debut novel ...
Samira HACHEMAOUI
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Industrial Imperialism and the Museum: A Coal Biography

open access: yesMuseum & Society
In the nineteenth century, coal was an invaluable resource that served as the foundation and power of British imperialism. This object biography traces the journey of a piece of coal from its primeval formation in Aoteroa New Zealand to its current home
Anaïs Walsdorf
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Changing patterns of imperialism and education: the United Kingdom

open access: yesRevista Española de Educación Comparada, 2018
Education has been central to the maintenance of modern empires. Educational policies and practices under British imperialism reflected the complexities, tensions and conflicts in the different territories of the Empire.
Leslie Bash
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