Ghosts of empire (Record no. 75920)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780747599418
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 909.0971241
084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 909.0971241
Item number KWA-G
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Kwarteng, Kwasi.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Ghosts of empire
Medium [Book] :
Remainder of title Britain's legacies in the modern world /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Kwasi Kwarteng.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London ; :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Bloomsbury,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 465 p., [16] p. of plates :
Other physical details ill. (some col.), map, ports. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Kwasi Kwarteng is the child of parents whose lives were shaped as subjects of the British Empire, first in their native Ghana, then as British immigrants. He brings a unique perspective and impeccable academic credentials to a narrative history of the British Empire, one that avoids sweeping judgmental condemnation and instead sees the Empire for what it was: a series of local fiefdoms administered in varying degrees of competence or brutality by a cast of characters as outsized and eccentric as anything conjured by Gilbert and Sullivan. The truth, as Kwarteng reveals, is that there was no such thing as a model for imperial administration; instead, appointees were schooled in quirky, independent-minded individuality. As a result the Empire was the product not of a grand idea but of often chaotic individual improvisation. The idosyncracies of viceroys and soldier-diplomats who ran the colonial enterprise continues to impact the world, from Kashmir to Sudan, Baghdad to Hong Kong.
521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE
Target audience note All.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Decolonization
General subdivision History.
852 ## - LOCATION
Piece designation 45128
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Classification part 909.0971241 KWA-G
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Sublocation or collection 2nd Floor
Former shelving location Books
Copy number 1
Piece physical condition 1-New
Location JZL-CUI
Holdings
Date last seen Total checkouts Full call number Shelving location Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Home library Barcode Current library Date acquired
09/12/2023   909.0971241 KWA-G 2nd Floor 09/12/2023 Books         Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 45128 Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 09/12/2023