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The absent-minded imperialists : empire, society, and culture in Britain
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The absent-minded imperialists : empire, society, and culture in Britain / Bernard Porter.
ISBN
0198208545 (alk. paper)
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Physical Description
xxii, 475 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 07, 2005
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-460) and index.
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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