The absent-minded imperialists [electronic resource] : empire, society, and culture in Britain / Bernard Porter.
Publication details: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.Description: xxii, 475 p. : illISBN:- 0198208545 (alk. paper)
- Imperialism -- Public opinion -- History -- 19th century
- Imperialism -- Public opinion -- History -- 20th century
- Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Public opinion -- History -- 19th century
- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Public opinion -- History -- 20th century
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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.
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