At Home with the Empire

Metropolitan Culture and the Imperial World

Catherine Hall editor Sonya O Rose editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:21st Dec '06

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An examination of everyday life practices in Britain's empire, first published in 2006.

This pioneering 2006 volume addresses the question of how Britain's empire was lived through everyday practices - in church and chapel, by readers at home, as embodied in sexualities or forms of citizenship, as narrated in histories. It will be essential reading for scholars and students of empire.This pioneering 2006 volume addresses the question of how Britain's empire was lived through everyday practices - in church and chapel, by readers at home, as embodied in sexualities or forms of citizenship, as narrated in histories - from the eighteenth century to the present. Leading historians explore the imperial experience and legacy for those located, physically or imaginatively, 'at home,' from the impact of empire on constructions of womanhood, masculinity and class to its influence in shaping literature, sexuality, visual culture, consumption and history-writing. They assess how people thought imperially, not in the sense of political affiliations for or against empire, but simply assuming it was there, part of the given world that had made them who they were. They also show how empire became a contentious focus of attention at certain moments and in particular ways. This will be essential reading for scholars and students of modern Britain and its empire.

"...ambitious volume..." -Theodore Koditschek, Journal of Modern History
"This volume examines empire's hidden histories sustaining the divide between national and imperial histories." -Julie F. Codell, The Historian

ISBN: 9780521854061

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm

Weight: 680g

350 pages