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The Absent-Minded Imperialists : Empire, Society, And Culture In Britain
by Bernard Porter
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0198208545
- ISBN 13
- 9780198208549
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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 Library sticker on front cover, and ink stamps to endpapers, including withdrawn stamp.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 Porter, a leading imperial historian, argues that the empire had a far lower profile in Britain than it did abroad. Many Britons could hardly have been aware of it for most of the nineteenth century and only a small number was in any way committed to it. Between these extremes opinions differed widely over what was even meant by the empire. This depended largely on class, and even when people were aware of the empire, it had no appreciable impact on their thinking about anything else. Indeed, the influence far more often went the other way, with perceptions of the empire being affected (or distorted) by more powerful domestic discourses. Although Britain was an imperial nation in this period, she was never a genuine imperial society.--BOOK JACKET. Size: 23.4 x 15.6 x 3.3 cm. xxii, 475 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Public opinion; Great Britain; British colonies; Imperialism--Public opinion; Politics and government--Public opinion; ISBN: 0198208545. ISBN/EAN: 9780198208549. Add. Inventory No: 220409TRW003044. . 9780198208549
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 220409TRW003044
- Title
- The Absent-Minded Imperialists : Empire, Society, And Culture In Britain
- Author
- Bernard Porter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0198208545
- ISBN 13
- 9780198208549
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 23.4 x 15.6 x 3.3 cm
- Keywords
- BZDB428 History; Public opinion; Great Britain; British colonies; Imperialism--Public opinion; Politics and government--Public opinion; ISBN: 0198208545 EAN: 9780198208549 Bernard Porter The Absent-Minded Imperialists : Empire, Society, And Culture In B
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