The Discovery of IslandsThe Discovery of Islands consists of a series of linked essays in British history, written by one of the world's leading historians of political thought and published over the past three decades. Its purpose is to present British history as that of several nations interacting with - and sometimes seceding from - an imperial state. The commentary presents this history as that of an archipelago, expanding across oceans to the Antipodes. Both New Zealand history and the author's New Zealand heritage inform this vision, presenting British history as oceanic and global, complementing (and occasionally criticising) the presentation of that history as European. Professor Pocock's interpretation of British history has been hugely influential in recent years, making The Discovery of Islands a resource of immense value for historians of Britain and the world. |
Contents
The antipodean perception 2003 | 5 |
a plea for a new subject 19731974 | 24 |
an introduction 2004 | 47 |
Two kingdoms and three histories? Political thought | 58 |
The Atlantic archipelago and the War of the Three | 77 |
The Third Kingdom in its history 2000 | 94 |
EMPIRE AND REBELLION IN THE FIRST | 105 |
the War of American | 134 |
The neoBritains and the three empires 2003 | 181 |
Tangata whenua and Enlightenment anthropology 1992 | 199 |
the case | 226 |
Sovereignty and history in the late twentieth century 2003 | 259 |
The politics of the new British history 2001 | 289 |
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IO The Union in British history 2000 | 164 |
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