time ▁exper ts ▁suddenly ▁confront ed ▁the ▁strange ▁new ▁scholar ship ▁with ▁theoretical ▁pers pect ives ▁such ▁as ▁post - struct ural ism ▁and ▁post - mod ern ism . ▁The ▁colonial ▁emp ire ▁was ▁becoming ▁" post colon ial ." ▁ ▁Instead ▁of ▁painting ▁the ▁glo be ▁red ▁any ▁more , ▁the ▁Empire ' s ▁history ▁became ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁global ▁history . ▁ ▁New ▁maps ▁were ▁drawn ▁emphas izing ▁the ▁o ce ans ▁more ▁than ▁the ▁land ▁masses , ▁yield ing ▁new ▁pers pect ives ▁such ▁as ▁Atlantic ▁history ." E . ▁A . ▁Al pers , ▁The ▁Indian ▁Ocean ▁in ▁World ▁History ▁( 2 0 1 4 ); ▁D . ▁Ar mit age ▁and ▁A . ▁Bash ford , ▁ed s , ▁Pacific ▁Histor ies : ▁Ocean , ▁Land , ▁People ▁( 2 0 1 4 ). ▁ ▁Imp act ▁on ▁Britain ▁and ▁British ▁memory ▁ ▁Turn ing ▁away ▁from ▁most ▁political , ▁economic , ▁and ▁diplom atic ▁them es ▁histor ians ▁recently ▁have ▁looked ▁at ▁the ▁intellectual ▁and ▁cultural ▁impact ▁of ▁the ▁Empire ▁on ▁Britain ▁itself . ▁ ▁Ide olog ically , ▁Brit ons ▁promoted ▁the ▁Empire ▁with ▁appe als ▁to ▁the ▁ide als ▁of ▁political ▁and ▁legal ▁liberty . ▁Histor ians ▁have ▁always ▁commented ▁on ▁the ▁par ado x ▁of ▁the ▁dich ot omy ▁of ▁freedom ▁and ▁co erc ion ▁inside ▁the ▁Empire , ▁of ▁modern ity ▁and ▁tradition . ▁Sir ▁John ▁See ley , ▁for ▁example , ▁p onder ed ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 3