Duncan Bell is Professor of Political Thought and International Relations at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Christ’s College. He is the author of Reordering the World and The Idea of Greater Britain (both Princeton).
"Winner of the TSA/CUP Book Prize, Transatlantic Studies
Association and Cambridge University Press"
"Shortlisted for the BISA Susan Strange Best Book Prize, British
International Studies Association"
"One of Foreign Affairs' Best Books"
"Largely forgotten today, however, is that era of history when
there occurred not only a 'Great Rapprochement' between the two
nations but also debates about the possibility of reuniting the
'Republic and the Empire' on the basis of a shared Anglo-Saxon
racial destiny. . . . Duncan Bell’s remarkable book Dreamworlds of
Race brings that history to light with both scholarly rigor and
narrative flair."---Bassam Sidiki, Los Angeles Review of Books
"In the United Kingdom and the United States in the late nineteenth
century, a multitude of thinkers advanced new and often startling
visions of the future of the global order. In this masterly book,
Bell explores the ideas of some of the most intriguing figures of
this era, illuminating their dreams of a world-dominating
Anglo-American political community united by race and empire. This
is intellectual history at its best."---G. John Ikenberry, Foreign
Affairs
"Dreamworlds of Race is a powerful and profound statement that
provides a definitive intellectual history of imperial era thought
and deftly demonstrates its inseparability from liberalism and
racial and cultural hierarchy. For students of history, politics,
international relations, and even literature, its interdisciplinary
appeal should make it essential reading. Ranging in widely in
scope, and written with elegance and aplomb, the work is a
distinguished and indispensable contribution to our understanding
of how geo-political fear and ambition rested on highly racialized
conceptions of nation and empire."---Robert Singh, Ethnic & Racial
Studies
"Dreamworlds of Race deserves to be read by a wide audience. It is
an excellent work drawing together numerous strands of
Anglo-American imaginations and revealing the tensions and hopes
pinned on utopian racial thinking."---James Watts, Journal of
Victorian Culture
"A hugely impressive, and topic defining, achievement. . . . The
larger portrait Bell paints is not only fascinating and important,
it provides an illuminating context for Wells’s thought and
art."---Adam Roberts, The Wellsian
"An engaging read . . . . Bell is admirably well-read and manages
to guide the reader through a myriad of different theories,
thinkers and writings."---Christian K. Melby, Nations and
Nationalism
"Dreamworlds is a highly-topical window into these complex, often
(self) contradictory visions of Anglo-America that build on race,
power, and propaganda. . . . Bell’s opus is as much a necessary
read for those seeking to better comprehend the world order
reimaginings in the period . . . as British PM Boris Johnson’s
contemporary ‘Global Britain’."---Stephanie Prévost, European
Review of International Studies
"It would be a fool’s errand to try to convey the book’s richness
and detail.—Inder S. Marwah, Review of Politics"
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
