Emerging from a long and exhausting conflict against the Boers in South Africa, Edwardians are often perceived as rocked by a profound set of doubts about the future of the British Empire. Drawing upon a wide range of popular sources, this study considers the level of middle-class engagement with such strains of pessimistic thought.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Christopher Prior
EAN: 9781137373403
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 2765 g
HEIGHT: 216 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED: 2013-09-18
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GENRE: HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Social History
WIDTH: 140 cm
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Book Themes:
Western Europe, History, European history, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism
Christopher Prior is Lecturer in Twentieth Century History at the University of Southampton, UK. He is the author of Exporting Empire: Africa, Colonial Officials and the Construction of the Imperial State, c.1900-39 (2013).
