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British culture and the end of empire, edited by Stuart Ward

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British culture and the end of empire, edited by Stuart Ward
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
British culture and the end of empire
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Responsibility statement
edited by Stuart Ward
Series statement
MUP - Manchester Studies in Imperialism
Table Of Contents
Acknowledgements -- General editor's introduction -- Introduction -- 1. The persistence of empire in metropolitan culture - John M. Mackenzie -- 2. Empire loyalists and 'Commonwealth men': The round table and the end of empire - Alex May -- 3. Coronation Everest: empire and commonwealth in the 'second Elizabethan age' - Peter H. Hansen -- 4. Look back at empire: British theatre and imperial decline - Dan Rebellato -- 5. 'No nation could be broker': The satire boom and the demise of Britain's world role - Stuart Ward -- 6. The imperial game in crisis: English cricket and decolonisation - Mike Cronin and Richard Holt -- 7. Imperial heroes for a post-imperial age: Films and the end of empire - Jeffrey Richards -- 8. Imperial legacies, new frontiers: Children's popular literature and the demise of empire - Cathryn Castle -- 9. Wandering in the wake of empire: British travel and tourism in the post-imperial world - Hsu-Ming Teo -- 10. Communities of Britishness: Migration in the last gasp of empire - Kathleen Paul -- 11. South Asians in post-imperial Britain: Decolonisation and the imperial legacy - Shompa Lahiri -- 12. India, Inc.?: Nostalgia, memory and the empire of things - Antoinette Burton -- Notes on contributors
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