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The impact of imperial power on the periphery and Britain

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The ‘Periphery’
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​Orientalism, patterns of work, famine, technological progress, disease and medicine, national identities, religion, gender, education, erosion and preservation of local and ‘indigenous’ cultures, sport, law and order
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Britain
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jingoism, indifference, exhibitions, school texts and national identity, youth organisations, the arts (music hall, theatre, etc.)
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Castles on a railway handcar on the way to Naginimora, 1936. PP MS 19/6/NAGA/0615 (SOAS manuscript number).Photograph: Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. © Nicholas Haimendorf.
Kâtip Çelebi. Map of the British Isles, c 1850-1900. MS 139868 (soas manuscript number), SOAS Library. 
[Buddhist Ordination] MS 230268, [1827]. MS 230268 (SOAS manuscript number), SOAS Library. © SOAS University of London.

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Governance and administration
Opposition
Periphery and Britain
Impact on international relation
​​Depth studies
​British India
Palestine
Kenya

Cold War in Asia

Key Topics
Western Policies
The Korean War
Indochina
​Wars in Vietnam and Cambodia
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  • Home
  • About
  • The British Empire
    • Key Topics >
      • The governance and administration of the Empire
      • Opposition to British Rule
      • The impact of imperial power on the periphery and Britain
      • The British Empire and its impact on International Relations
    • Depth Studies >
      • British India: The War of 1857 and its consequences to 1876
      • Palestine 1914-1948
      • Nationalism in Kenya 1945 - 1965
  • Cold War in Asia
    • Western Policies in Post War Asia
    • The Korean War
    • Indochina
    • Vietnam and Cambodia
  • Contact