The Peculiarities of Liberal Modernity in Imperial Britain

Features leading scholars across several disciplines who investigate the nature of liberalism and modernity in imperial Britain since the eighteenth century. This book shows how Britain's liberal version of modernity was the product of a peculiar set of historical circumstances that continues to haunt our neoliberal present.

• | By (Author): Simon Gunn, James Vernon (Edited by)
• | Publisher: University of California Press
• | Publication Date: May 15, 2011
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 286 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 0520289536
• | ISBN-13: 9780520289536