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Author Elkins, Caroline, author.

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

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2190702~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  941.082 ELK    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  941.082 ELK    AVAILABLE
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Description x, 875 pages : illustrations ; 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.
ISBN 9780307272423 (hardcover)
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