Overview
- Compares how Britain and France address their colonial histories, exploring how memories of colonialism have been expressed and silenced
- Examines the role of activists, politicians, journalists and professional historians in inciting public conversation about the colonial past
- Explores the importance of colonial history to the ongoing, politicised public debates over national identity in both Britain and France
Part of the book series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies (CIPCSS)
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Table of contents(12 chapters)
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France
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Britain
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Reviews
“The book is engagingly written, and is notable in its ambition, scope, and breadth of research undertaken. … The Memory of Colonialism makes several important and timely interventions in the study of historical remembrance and postcolonial identity. … His book will surely become a cornerstone of the growing scholarship on colonial memory, and deserves to be widely read.” (M. Kathryn Edwards, Social History, April 7, 2022)
Authors and Affiliations
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School of Humanities, University of Westminster, London, UK
Itay Lotem
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Memory of Colonialism in Britain and France
Book Subtitle: The Sins of Silence
Authors: Itay Lotem
Series Title: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63719-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63718-7Published: 13 March 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-63721-7Published: 14 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-63719-4Published: 12 March 2021
Series ISSN: 2635-1633
Series E-ISSN: 2635-1641
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 428
Topics: Imperialism and Colonialism, Memory Studies, History of France, History of Britain and Ireland