The empire in one city? —— Liverpool's inconvenient imperial past

----- 一个城市中的帝国？ 利物浦帝国时代的不便

ISBN: 9781526118035 出版年：2017 页码：252 Manchester University Press

From the late eighteenth century to the early twentieth century, Liverpool was frequently referred to as the econd city of the empire Yet, the role of Liverpool within the British imperial system and the impact on the city of its colonial connections remain underplayed in recent writing on both Liverpool and the empire. However, nconvenient this may prove, this specially-commissioned collection of essays demonstrates that the imperial dimension deserves more prevalence in both academic and popular representations of Liverpool past. Indeed, if Liverpool does represent the orld in One City the slogan for Liverpool status as European Capital of Culture in 2008 it could be argued that this is largely down to Merseyside long-term interactions with the colonial world, and the legacies of that imperial history. In the context of Capital of Culture year and growing interest in the relationship between British provincial cities and the British empire, this book will find a wide audience amongst academics, students and history enthusiasts generally.