| Unit name | 'Empires Within': Imperialism in British Culture and Society |
|---|---|
| Unit code | HISTM0029 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
| Unit director | Professor. Howe |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of History (Historical Studies) |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit surveys the rapidly developing debates on empire's traces, effects and afterlives within Britain. We will be looking at a wide range of sources from historical texts to novels, films and songs $� and drawing on the resources of the Empire Museum in Bristol. What was the impact of empire on Britain itself? What kinds of attitudes did different groups in British society hold toward the empire and its subject peoples? What influences did the imperial experience have on the images which British people developed of others - and of themselves? How have the cultures of the United Kingdom been influenced by the loss of Empire and of world power, the relatively new presence of multiple migrant, ethnic, religious and 'racial' minorities, and the (re)emergence of various nationalist and particularist movements - from Scottish to Islamicist - within the state?
