| Description |
xxii, 475 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
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| Contents |
Empire and society -- Participation -- The prefects -- The middle classes at school -- Trade, liberty, and empire : the middle classes to 1880 -- Not in front of the servants -- Culture and imperialism -- Peril and propaganda, c. 1900 -- What about the workers? -- Imperialists, other imperialists, and others -- Empire on condition, 1914-1940 -- Repercussions -- Recapitulation and conclusion -- Endnotes |
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1. Empire and society -- 2. Participation -- 3. The prefects -- 4. The middle classes at school -- 5. Trade, liberty, and empire : the middle classes to 1880 -- 6. Not in front of the servants -- 7. Culture and imperialism -- 8. Peril and propaganda, c.1900 -- 9. What about the workers? -- 10. Imperialists, other imperialists, and others -- 11. Empire on condition, 1914-1940 -- 12. Repercussions -- 13. Recapitulation and conclusion |
| Summary |
"The British Empire was a huge enterprise. To foreigners it more or less defined Britain in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its repercussions in the wider world are still with us today. It also had a great impact on Britain herself: for example, on her economy, security, population, and eating habits. One might expect this to have been reflected in her society and culture. Indeed, this has now become the conventional wisdom: that Britain was steeped in imperialism domestically, which affected (or infected) almost everything Britons thought, felt, and did." "This is the first book to examine this assumption critically against the broader background of contemporary British society. Bernard Porter, a leading imperial historian, argues that the empire had a far lower profile in Britain than it did abroad. Many Britons could hardly have been aware of it for most of the nineteenth century and only a small number was in any way committed to it. Between these extremes opinions differed widely over what was even meant by the empire. This depended largely on class, and even when people were aware of the empire, it had no appreciable impact on their thinking about anything else. Indeed, the influence far more often went the other way, with perceptions of the empire being affected (or distorted) by more powerful domestic discourses. Although Britain was an imperial nation in this period, she was never a genuine imperial society."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [430]-460) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Imperialism -- Public opinion -- History -- 19th century.
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Imperialism -- Public opinion -- History -- 20th century.
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| SUBJECT |
United Kingdom -- Colonies http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056632 -- Public opinion http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006218 -- History -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006165
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United Kingdom -- Colonies http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056632 -- Public opinion http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006218 -- History -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Author |
ebrary, Inc.
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| LC no. |
2004019735 |
| ISBN |
0198208545 alkaline paper |
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