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    Representations of the First Colonial “Civil War” in Victoria’s Reign: the Canadian Rebellions in the English Press (1837–1838) by Françoise Lejeune

    Published 2007-12-01
    “…English leaders and editorials reported on a “civil war” in the colonies, while American newspapers whose despatches were quoted verbatim in the English press, more often referred to “rebellions” or “insurrections”. …”
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    William Robertson’s Unfinished History of America. The Foundation of the British Empire in North America and the Scottish Enlightenment by Florence Petroff

    Published 2019-04-01
    “…It explores the other designs of this narrative of the foundation of the first English colonies in North America. It argues that the Scottish historian developed a unionist approach of the empire and that he gave his History of America other meanings than just promoting colonization. …”
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    Postcolonial analysis of educational language policies of Ireland, Singapore, and Malaysia by Zuzanna Grala

    Published 2022-12-01
    “…The aspects of language policing strategies are presented as a way of protecting linguistic human rights, but also as a way of dealing with the aftermaths of the policies implemented by the British Empire. Similarities and distinctions in the language policies of Ireland, Singapore, and Malaysia prove that the weak position of native languages originates not in the “natural” decline of a language, but rather in the policy of promoting English by the colonial forces. …”
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