At home with the empire : metropolitan culture and the imperial world / edited by Catherine Hall and Sonya O. Rose.

Other author Hall, Catherine, 1946-
Other author Rose, Sonya O.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Descriptionix, 338 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects
Imperialism--Social aspects. --Great Britain.
Great Britain--Civilization. --19th century.
Great Britain--Civilization. --20th century.
Great Britain--Social life and customs. --19th century.
Great Britain--Social life and customs. --20th century.

Contents Being at home with the empire / Catherine Hall and Sonya Rose -- At home with history: Macaulay and the History of England / Catherine Hall -- A homogeneous society? Britain's internal 'others', 1800-present / Laura Tabili -- At home with the empire: the example of Ireland / Christine Kinealy -- The condition of women, women's writing and the empire in nineteenth-century Britain / Jane Rendall -- Sexuality and empire / Philippa Levine -- Religion and empire at home / Susan Thorne -- Metropolitan desires and colonial connections: reflections on consumption and empire / Joanna de Groot -- Imagining empire: history, fantasy and literature / Cora Kaplan -- New narratives of imperial politics in the nineteenth century / Antoinette Burton -- Bringing the empire home: women activists in imperial Britain,1790s-1930s / Clare Midgley -- Taking class notes on empire / James Epstein -- Citizenship and empire, 1867-1928 / Keith McClelland and Sonya Rose.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 298-329) and index.
LCCN 2006025229
ISBN0521854067 (hardback)
ISBN0521670020 (pbk.)
ISBN9780521854061
ISBN9780521670029

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Joyner General Stacks DA16 .A78 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold