Absent-Minded Imperialists : Empire, Society and Culture in Britain by Porter, Bernard

Oxford University Press, USA, 2005-01-13. Hardcover. Good. Excellent customer service. Prompt Customer Service.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. 23.4 x 15.6 x 3.3 cm. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover, and ink stamps to endpapers, including withdrawn stamp. Bindings and spine firm and intact. A good used copy with no major defects. Publisher's note: The British Empire was a huge enterprise. To foreigners it more or less defined Britain in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Its repercussions in the wider world are still with us today. It also had a great impact on Britain herself: for example, on her economy, security, population, and eating habits. One might expect this to have been reflected in her society and culture. Indeed, this has now become the conventional wisdom: that Britain was steeped in imperialism domestically, which affected (or infected) almost everything Britons thought, felt, and did. This is the first book to examine this assumption critically against the broader background of contemporary British society. Bernard… Read More

Oxford University Press, January 2005. Hardcover . Very Good/Very Good. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good- Dustjacket. Light to mild shelfwear to DJ. Light shelfwear to covers. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

Oxford University Press, 2005. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ink inscription on front endpaper - otherwise as new.