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The British Empire: Themes and Perspectives

The British Empire: Themes and Perspectives Book Reviews / JESHO 52 (2009) 579-618 609 Sarah STOCKWELL, ed. Th e British Empire: Th emes and Perspectives . Malden, MA [etc.]: Blackwell Publishers, 2008. xxi + 355 pp., ill., maps, paperback. ISBN: 9781405125352. With Th e British Empire: Th emes and Perspectives Sarah Stockwell has done a great service to both students and scholars. In a dozen thematically organized chapters, this volume supplies readers with evenhanded syntheses of forbid- dingly vast and insular historiographies. While, as will be discussed below, some quibbles may be raised regarding a few of the contributions, the fi rst thing to be noted about this volume is that, by taking a strong editorial hand, Stockwell has not only managed to get the most out of a group of highly competent scholars, she has also produced a remarkably consistent and integrated treatment of a vast historical subject. Stepping into highly contested historiographical terrains, each of the essays succeeds in presenting a judicious overview of the contemporary consensus (and debate). Th e result is both praiseworthy and admirable. Th e volume under review not only eschews a division between “old” and “new” imperial histories, it also rejects divisions of imperial history along other http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient Brill

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Brill
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© 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0022-4995
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1568-5209
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10.1163/156852009X458331
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Book Reviews / JESHO 52 (2009) 579-618 609 Sarah STOCKWELL, ed. Th e British Empire: Th emes and Perspectives . Malden, MA [etc.]: Blackwell Publishers, 2008. xxi + 355 pp., ill., maps, paperback. ISBN: 9781405125352. With Th e British Empire: Th emes and Perspectives Sarah Stockwell has done a great service to both students and scholars. In a dozen thematically organized chapters, this volume supplies readers with evenhanded syntheses of forbid- dingly vast and insular historiographies. While, as will be discussed below, some quibbles may be raised regarding a few of the contributions, the fi rst thing to be noted about this volume is that, by taking a strong editorial hand, Stockwell has not only managed to get the most out of a group of highly competent scholars, she has also produced a remarkably consistent and integrated treatment of a vast historical subject. Stepping into highly contested historiographical terrains, each of the essays succeeds in presenting a judicious overview of the contemporary consensus (and debate). Th e result is both praiseworthy and admirable. Th e volume under review not only eschews a division between “old” and “new” imperial histories, it also rejects divisions of imperial history along other

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Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2009

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