Ornamentalism: How the British Saw Their Empire by David Cannadine - 2001-09

Oxford University Press. hardcover. Good. 6x1x8.

Oxford University Press, USA, 2001. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Oxford University Press, USA, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Oxford University Press, USA, 2001. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Oxford University Press, 2001-09T. hardcover. Good. 1.0197 8.5787 5.8110. Edges of dj has minimal creasing.

Oxford University Press, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. clean, unmarked copy.

Oxford University Press, 2001-09-01. Hardcover. New. 6x1x8. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages.

New York: Oxford UP, 2001. hardcover. very good/very good. Illus. 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. (N.Y.): Oxford UP, (2001). Very good<br/><br/>

Paperback. Very Good.

Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. xxiv, 263 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "With the return of Hong Kong to the Chinese government in 1997, the empire that had lasted three hundred years and upon which the sun never set loosened its hold on the world and slipped into history. But the question of how we understand the British Empire--its origins, nature, purpose, and effect on the world it ruled--is far from settled. In this incisive new work, already being hailed as a landmark, David Cannadine looks at the British Empire from a new perspective--through the eyes of those who created and ruled it--and offers fresh insight into the driving forces behind the Empire. Arguing against the views of Edward Said and others, Cannadine suggests that the British were motivated not by race but by class. The British wanted to domesticate the exotic world of their colonies and to reorder the societies they ruled according to… Read More