Insurgent Empire

Upsets received views to show how rebellious colonies changed British attitudes to empire

Much has been written on the how colonial subjects took up British and European ideas and turned them against empire when making claims to freedom and self-determination. The possibility of reverse influence has been largely overlooked. Insurgent Empire shows how Britain's enslaved and colonial subjects were not merely victims of empire and subsequent beneficiaries of its crises of conscience but also agents whose resistance both contributed to their own liberation and shaped British ideas about freedom and who could be free. This book examines dissent over the question of empire in Britain and shows how it was influenced by rebellions and resistance in the colonies from the West Indies and East Africa to Egypt and India. It also shows how a pivotal role in fomenting dissent was played by anti-colonial campaigners based in London at the heart of the empire.

Supararile au primit puncte de vedere pentru a arata modul in care coloniile rebele au schimbat atitudinile britanice fata de imperiu S-a scris mult despre modul in care subiectii coloniali au preluat ideile britanice si europene si i-au indreptat impotriva imperiului atunci cand au pretins libertatea si autodeterminarea. Posibilitatea de influenta inversa a fost in mare parte trecuta cu vederea.