Abstract
In a 1925 lecture at Columbia University, Alfred Zimmern proposed the ‘Third British Empire’ as the cornerstone of postwar international life. Zimmern spoke as one of Britain’s leading academics and minor statesmen. As we saw in the last chapter, polemical mobilization and the emergence of new propaganda and information apparatuses expanded roles for scholars, particularly historians, as experts, government servants, public diplomats, and social philosophers in Britain.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Copyright information
© 2018 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Behm, A. (2018). The Third British Empire. In: Imperial History and the Global Politics of Exclusion. Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54850-4_7
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54850-4_7
Published:
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-137-54602-9
Online ISBN: 978-1-137-54850-4
eBook Packages: HistoryHistory (R0)