Bernard Porter
Biographic Data
| ID | 3654198 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bernard Porter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bernard |
| FAMILY NAME | Porter |
| SIGNATURE | PORTER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hull |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 86 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1942 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Britain’s Contested History
Recent years have seen a re-examination of Britain’s imperialist past, with changes to how its citizens understand, study and scrutinize its history. In Britain’s Contested History, eminent historian Bernard Porter explores the most contested aspects of British history from 1800 to the present day. Examining issues such as Brexit, recent reassessments of Winston Churchill’s historical record, the so-called ‘culture wars’ and Britain’s uncomfortab…
Brad Beaven. Visions of Empire
Journal Article Brad Beaven. Visions of Empire: Patriotism, Popular Culture and the City, 1870–1939. Get access Brad Beaven. Visions of Empire: Patriotism, Popular Culture and the City, 1870–1939. (Studies in Imperialism.) New York: Manchester University Press. 2012. Pp. xiii, 234. $105.00. Bernard Porter Bernard Porter University of Newcastle Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review,…
Popular Imperialism
Further Thoughts on Imperial Absent-Mindedness
When my The Absent-Minded Imperialists was published in 20041 [1]. Oxford University Press added a by-line to the dust-jacket of The Absent-Minded Imperialists which read, in place of the formal sub-title, ‘What the British really thought about empire’. That was without my sanction. I would not have been so assertive. it stimulated – or provoked – a great deal of discussion. Among those most provoked were Antoinette Burton, who dismissed the book…
An imperial nation? Recent works on the British empire at home
Empire and Society
There can be no presumption that Britain was an essentially ‘imperialist’ nation in the 19th and 20th centuries. Of course she was, in the sense of acquiring and ruling an empire; but that empire might not have been as burdensome as it appeared. In any case, ‘British society’ is a highly questionable concept, which obscures the country's enormous social, political, and cultural heterogeneity during most of this period, and the fact that different…
Empire and Superempire
M
M: MI5's First Spymaster, by Andrew Cook (Stroud: Tempus, 2004; pp. 287. £20). Well, we guessed right. Auguste Coulon was the agent-provocateur who ‘fitted up’ the Walsall anarchist bombers of 1892, on the orders of William Melville of the Special Branch. Later on it was Melville who, after his mysterious resignation from the Branch in 1903, was the ‘ex-policeman’ who helped set up what turned into MI5. Twenty years ago the Home Office and Metrop…
The absent-minded imperialists
1. Empire and Society 2. Participation 3. The Prefects 4. The Middle Classes at School 5. Trade, Liberty, and Empire: the Middle Classes to 1880 6. Not in Front of the Servants 7. Culture and Empire 8. Peril and Propaganda c.1900 9. What About the Workers? 10. Imperialists, Other Imperialists, and Others 11. Empire on Condition 1914-40 12. Repercussions 13. Recapitulation and Conclusion Bibliography Index 1. Empire and Society 2. Participation 3.…
Empire, What Empire?? Or, Why 80% of Early- and Mid-Victorians Were Deliberately Kept in Ignorance of It
“Empire, What Empire?”Or, Why 80% of Early- and Mid-Victorians Were Deliberately Kept in Ignorance of It Bernard Porter (bio) The context of this short paper1 is the unease I have been feeling for some time with what seems to have become the accepted wisdom in certain areas of nineteenth-century British studies, and even popularly: that the British Empire in one way or another permeated every aspect of Victorian life. In a book to be published sh…
Exiles from European Revolutions
Edward Elgar and Empire
(2001). Edward Elgar and Empire. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 1-34
London 1900
In 1900 London was the greatest city on earth. This book examines its power and influence at the turn of the century and investigates its relationship with Britain's far-flung empire. Schneer concludes that it is the people of London who made their city and continually remade and reshaped it - as they continue to do today.
Virtue and Vice in the North. The Scandinavian Writings of Samuel Laing
‘Though Not an Historian Myself …’
Journal Article ‘Though Not an Historian Myself ...’: Margaret Thatcher and the Historians Get access BERNARD PORTER BERNARD PORTER University of Newcastle upon Tyne Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Twentieth Century British History, Volume 5, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 246–256, https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/5.2.246 Published: 01 January 1994
Shorter Notices
Journal Article Shorter Notices Get access BERNARD PORTER BERNARD PORTER University of Hull Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CIV, Issue 413, October 1989, Pages 1062–1063, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CIV.413.1062 Published: 01 October 1989
Shorter Notices
Shorter Notices BERNARD PORTER BERNARD PORTER University of Hull Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CIV, Issue CCCCX, January 1989, Pages 245-b–246, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CIV.CCCCX.245-b Published: 01 January 1989
Shorter Notices
The British government and political refugees, c . 1880–1914 1
This essay deals with British government attitudes and policies towards continental socialists and anarchists exiled in Britain during a period when her traditional toleration of refugees was being threatened by a gradual seeping away of the national self‐confidence which had sustained it in the past, and by the increase of terrorism abroad. Its conclusion is that although Britain's liberalism towards the refugees was marginally eroded by certain…
Britain, Europe and the World, 1850-1982
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access BERNARD PORTER BERNARD PORTER University of Hull Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCV, Issue CCCLXXVI, July 1980, Pages 667–668, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCV.CCCLXXVI.667 Published: 01 July 1980
Imperialism and the scramble
(1980). Imperialism and the scramble. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 76-81
British Foreign Policy in the Nineteenth Century
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Freiheit Prosecutions, 1881–1882
The minor heroes of anarchism have not been much noticed by historians. Johann Most, who was quite a celebrated anarchist in his own time, now lives chiefly in footnotes and in a few passing recollections in the memoirs of more famous contemporaries. His neglect is not altogether surprising. Anarchism must always suffer neglect while it remains (as yet) one of history's minor tributaries, an aberration, a movement with no discernible place in the…
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access BERNARD PORTER BERNARD PORTER University of Hull Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCIV, Issue CCCLXXI, April 1979, Pages 461-a–461, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCIV.CCCLXXI.461-a Published: 01 April 1979
The absent-minded imperialists
1. Empire and Society 2. Participation 3. The Prefects 4. The Middle Classes at School 5. Trade, Liberty, and Empire: the Middle Classes to 1880 6. Not in Front of the Servants 7. Culture and Empire 8. Peril and Propaganda c.1900 9. What About the Workers? 10. Imperialists, Other Imperialists, and Others 11. Empire on Condition 1914-40 12. Repercussions 13. Recapitulation and Conclusion Bibliography Index 1. Empire and Society 2. Participation 3.…
Empire and Superempire
Further Thoughts on Imperial Absent-Mindedness
When my The Absent-Minded Imperialists was published in 20041 [1]. Oxford University Press added a by-line to the dust-jacket of The Absent-Minded Imperialists which read, in place of the formal sub-title, ‘What the British really thought about empire’. That was without my sanction. I would not have been so assertive. it stimulated – or provoked – a great deal of discussion. Among those most provoked were Antoinette Burton, who dismissed the book…
The Freiheit Prosecutions, 1881–1882
The minor heroes of anarchism have not been much noticed by historians. Johann Most, who was quite a celebrated anarchist in his own time, now lives chiefly in footnotes and in a few passing recollections in the memoirs of more famous contemporaries. His neglect is not altogether surprising. Anarchism must always suffer neglect while it remains (as yet) one of history's minor tributaries, an aberration, a movement with no discernible place in the…
Edward Elgar and Empire
(2001). Edward Elgar and Empire. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 1-34
Virtue and Vice in the North. The Scandinavian Writings of Samuel Laing
British Foreign Policy in the Nineteenth Century
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The British government and political refugees, c . 1880–1914 1
This essay deals with British government attitudes and policies towards continental socialists and anarchists exiled in Britain during a period when her traditional toleration of refugees was being threatened by a gradual seeping away of the national self‐confidence which had sustained it in the past, and by the increase of terrorism abroad. Its conclusion is that although Britain's liberalism towards the refugees was marginally eroded by certain…
Imperialism and the scramble
(1980). Imperialism and the scramble. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 76-81
Truck Driver Lingo
A Newfoundland Vocabulary
Some Newfoundland Phrases, Sayings, and Figures of Speech
Critics of Empire
The notion of 'empire' has been at the forefront of world politics for over a century. Bernard Porter's landmark work traces the critical response to the British imperial project in the years leading up to World War I. Imperial adventures, including the intervention in Egypt and the Anglo-Boer War, together with the jingoistic clamour that surrounded them, attracted powerful hostility as well as support. "Criticism of Empire" is the subject of Po…
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access BERNARD PORTER BERNARD PORTER University of Hull Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCIV, Issue CCCLXXI, April 1979, Pages 461-a–461, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCIV.CCCLXXI.461-a Published: 01 April 1979
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access BERNARD PORTER BERNARD PORTER University of Hull Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume XCV, Issue CCCLXXVI, July 1980, Pages 667–668, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/XCV.CCCLXXVI.667 Published: 01 July 1980
Imperialism and the scramble
(1980). Imperialism and the scramble. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 76-81
British Foreign Policy in the Nineteenth Century
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Freiheit Prosecutions, 1881–1882
The minor heroes of anarchism have not been much noticed by historians. Johann Most, who was quite a celebrated anarchist in his own time, now lives chiefly in footnotes and in a few passing recollections in the memoirs of more famous contemporaries. His neglect is not altogether surprising. Anarchism must always suffer neglect while it remains (as yet) one of history's minor tributaries, an aberration, a movement with no discernible place in the…
The British government and political refugees, c . 1880–1914 1
This essay deals with British government attitudes and policies towards continental socialists and anarchists exiled in Britain during a period when her traditional toleration of refugees was being threatened by a gradual seeping away of the national self‐confidence which had sustained it in the past, and by the increase of terrorism abroad. Its conclusion is that although Britain's liberalism towards the refugees was marginally eroded by certain…
Britain, Europe and the World, 1850-1982
Shorter Notices
Shorter Notices
Journal Article Shorter Notices Get access BERNARD PORTER BERNARD PORTER University of Hull Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CIV, Issue 413, October 1989, Pages 1062–1063, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CIV.413.1062 Published: 01 October 1989
Shorter Notices
Shorter Notices BERNARD PORTER BERNARD PORTER University of Hull Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CIV, Issue CCCCX, January 1989, Pages 245-b–246, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CIV.CCCCX.245-b Published: 01 January 1989
‘Though Not an Historian Myself …’
Journal Article ‘Though Not an Historian Myself ...’: Margaret Thatcher and the Historians Get access BERNARD PORTER BERNARD PORTER University of Newcastle upon Tyne Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Twentieth Century British History, Volume 5, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 246–256, https://doi.org/10.1093/tcbh/5.2.246 Published: 01 January 1994
Virtue and Vice in the North. The Scandinavian Writings of Samuel Laing
London 1900
In 1900 London was the greatest city on earth. This book examines its power and influence at the turn of the century and investigates its relationship with Britain's far-flung empire. Schneer concludes that it is the people of London who made their city and continually remade and reshaped it - as they continue to do today.
Edward Elgar and Empire
(2001). Edward Elgar and Empire. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 1-34
Exiles from European Revolutions
The absent-minded imperialists
1. Empire and Society 2. Participation 3. The Prefects 4. The Middle Classes at School 5. Trade, Liberty, and Empire: the Middle Classes to 1880 6. Not in Front of the Servants 7. Culture and Empire 8. Peril and Propaganda c.1900 9. What About the Workers? 10. Imperialists, Other Imperialists, and Others 11. Empire on Condition 1914-40 12. Repercussions 13. Recapitulation and Conclusion Bibliography Index 1. Empire and Society 2. Participation 3.…
Empire, What Empire?? Or, Why 80% of Early- and Mid-Victorians Were Deliberately Kept in Ignorance of It
“Empire, What Empire?”Or, Why 80% of Early- and Mid-Victorians Were Deliberately Kept in Ignorance of It Bernard Porter (bio) The context of this short paper1 is the unease I have been feeling for some time with what seems to have become the accepted wisdom in certain areas of nineteenth-century British studies, and even popularly: that the British Empire in one way or another permeated every aspect of Victorian life. In a book to be published sh…
M
M: MI5's First Spymaster, by Andrew Cook (Stroud: Tempus, 2004; pp. 287. £20). Well, we guessed right. Auguste Coulon was the agent-provocateur who ‘fitted up’ the Walsall anarchist bombers of 1892, on the orders of William Melville of the Special Branch. Later on it was Melville who, after his mysterious resignation from the Branch in 1903, was the ‘ex-policeman’ who helped set up what turned into MI5. Twenty years ago the Home Office and Metrop…
Empire and Society
There can be no presumption that Britain was an essentially ‘imperialist’ nation in the 19th and 20th centuries. Of course she was, in the sense of acquiring and ruling an empire; but that empire might not have been as burdensome as it appeared. In any case, ‘British society’ is a highly questionable concept, which obscures the country's enormous social, political, and cultural heterogeneity during most of this period, and the fact that different…
Empire and Superempire
An imperial nation? Recent works on the British empire at home
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