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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Porter, Bernard
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Public opinion > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Imperialism > Public opinion > History > 19th century.
Imperialism > Public opinion > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > Public opinion > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > Public opinion > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.