At Home with the Empire: Metropolitan Culture and the Imperial World - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521854067 ISBN 13: 9780521854061

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

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. It will be essential reading for scholars and students of empire.

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Críticas:

"...ambitious volume..." -Theodore Koditschek, Journal of Modern History

"This volume examines empire's hidden histories sustaining the divide between national and imperial histories." -Julie F. Codell, The Historian

Reseña del editor:

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.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0521854067
• ISBN 13: 9780521854061
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 350
• Herausgeber: Hall Catherine, Rose Sonya O.