Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Bibliography: p. 298-329

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

At home with the empire

Medium

electronic resource

Responsibility statement

edited by Catherine Hall and Sonya O. Rose

Sub title

metropolitan culture and the imperial world

Summary

This pioneering 2006 volume addresses the question of how Britain's empire was lived through everyday practices - in church and chapel, by readers at home, as embodied in sexualities or forms of citizenship, as narrated in histories - from the eighteenth century to the present. Leading historians explore the imperial experience and legacy for those located, physically or imaginatively, 'at home, ' from the impact of empire on constructions of womanhood, masculinity and class to its influence in shaping literature, sexuality, visual culture, consumption and history-writing. They assess how people thought imperially, not in the sense of political affiliations for or against empire, but simply assuming it was there, part of the given world that had made them who they were. They also show how empire became a contentious focus of attention at certain moments and in particular ways. This will be essential reading for scholars and students of modern Britain and its empire

Target audience

specialized

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