Critics of empire

The notion of `empire` has been at the forefront of world politics for over a century.

Bernard Porter`s landmark work traces the critical response to the British imperial project in the years leading up to World War I.

Imperial adventures, including the intervention in Egypt and the Anglo-Boer War, together with the jingoistic clamour that surrounded them, attracted powerful hostility as well as support. "e;Criticism of Empire"e; is the subject of Porter`s stimulating book.

Long regarded as the classic account, the author has now added a substantial new Introduction.

He demonstrates the power and influence of major critics such as J.A.

Hobson - the acknowledged creator of the `capitalist theory` of imperialism - E.D.

Morel and Mary Kingsley and of organisations like the Congo Reform Association.

With themes which are also highly relevant to the present day discourse on the American `empire`, this book will prove essential reading for all students of imperial and international history.