Notre Dame London: Fischer Hall Library

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

Porter, Bernard.

The absent-minded imperialists : empire, society, and culture in Britain / Bernard Porter. - Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. - xxii, 475 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [430]-460) and index.

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.

0198208545 (alk. paper)

2004019735


Public opinion--History--Great Britain--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.

DA18. / P65 2004

941.081