Table of Contents

List of illustrations
Contributors
1. Introduction by John M. MacKenzie
2. Exalting Imperial Grandeur: the French Empire and its metropolitan public - Berny Sèbe
3. Passion or Indifference: popular imperialism in Britain, continuities and discontinuities over two centuries - John M. MacKenzie
4. Songs of an imperial underdog: imperialism and popular culture in the Netherlands, 1870-1960 - Vincent Kuitenbrouwer
5 .Learning to Love Leopold: Belgian popular imperialism, 1830-1960 -Matthew G. Stanard
6. Imagination and beyond: cultures and geographies of imperialism in Germany, 1848-1918 - Bernhard Gissibl
7. ‘The Peasants did not think of Africa’: Empire and the Italian state’s pursuit of legitimacy, 1871-1945 - Giuseppe Finaldi
8. Afterword - Matthew G. Stanard
Index

About the Author

John M. MacKenzie is Professor Emeritus of Imperial History at Lancaster University

Reviews

'This collection of essays deserves to be widely read and will provide a fine example for others to follow.'
Andrew S. Thompson, English Historical Review, CXXVIII
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