The absent-minded imperialists : empire, society, and culture in Britain /

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Kipling, Elgar, Mafeking Night ... all these conjure up an image of a British society besotted with imperial pride in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In fact the true picture was more complex than this and people reacted to their empire in different ways. Many were hardly aware of it a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Porter, Bernard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Colección:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Temas:
1800-1999
Public opinion > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Imperialism > Public opinion > History > 19th century.
Imperialism > Public opinion > History > 20th century.
Opinion publique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Impérialisme > Opinion publique > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Impérialisme > Opinion publique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY.
British colonies.
Imperialism > Public opinion.
Public opinion.
Britse Rijk.
Imperialisme.
Cultuur.
Maatschappij.
Publieke opinie.
Great Britain > Colonies > Public opinion > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > Public opinion > History > 19th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Opinion publique > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Opinion publique > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Great Britain.
Electronic book.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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