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Imperial nostalgia : how the British conquered themselves
Record details
- ISBN: 9781526161314 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9781526146205 (print)
- ISBN: 1526146207 (print)
- ISBN: 1526146193
- ISBN: 9781526146199
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (vii, 240 pages) : illustrations
remote - Publisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2021].
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Associative magic: nostalgic time and the revolt against mourning -- Inventing the tradition: how nostalgia made an empire -- Sovereign bodies: Britain's imperial present -- 'The best and most perfect virtue': empire, race and free speech in the battle for the university -- The adventures of the Imperial Wonder Boy: Rory Stewart and the fantasy of innocence -- 'Degraded underfoot perverse creatures': empire and the languages of class -- Conclusion: escaping the empire -- Acknowledgements -- Figures -- Further reading -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 27, 2021). |
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