Hunt's fresh approach to Britain's imperial history* explores the urban form through its architecture and civil institutions, street names and fortifications, news pages, plays and ritual. From Boston in the 1770's, his portrayal of the great colonial and imperial cities of Bridgetown, Dublin, Cape Town, Calcutta, Hong Kong, Bombay, Melbourne and New Delhi ends in C20th Liverpool. He delivers a new understanding of the British Empire's influence upon the world and the world's influence upon it.
Ed. note: similar ground but in a different manner is covered by Maya Jasanoff in Liberty's Exiles (bwl 63)
(Jeremy Miller - bwl 78 Autumn 2015 ) |
