Arguing about Empire
Imperial Rhetoric in Britain and France, 1882-1956
Martin Thomas and Richard Toye
Reviews and Awards
"Martin Thomas and Richard Toye unite their vast collective knowledge about French and British imperialism to give scholars and students of imperialism a fresh global perspective on the ways that politicians, journalists, and political commentators have talked about empire." - Jessica Lynne Pearson, History
"Arguing about Empire ... is by no means the pure discursive history that its title might seem to imply. It seeks not only to reconstruct arguments about empire, but also to connect them with imperial realities and practical political decision-making ... Thomas and Toye do an excellent job of explaining what was at stake in each of their case study crises, how they unfolded, and how they related to one another." - Alex Middleton, 20th Century British History
"Martin Thomas and Richard Toye have written a remarkably ambitious and excellent study which examines the intersections of imperial rhetoric between the French and British Empires during the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries." - Warren Dockter, H-Diplo
"Arguing about Empire is an ambitious volume that illuminates important intersections between the French and British empires and between French and British imperial rhetoric." - Christina Carroll, H-Empire
"This book confirms the depth of the rivalry between the United Kingdom and France and their interdependence as opposing empires ... Highly recommended." - CHOICE