Imperial Emotions: The Politics of Empathy Across the British Empire

ISBN-13: 9781108735759 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 235 str.

Perth) Lydon Jane (University of Western Australia

Opis

Examines the politicisation of empathy across the British empire during the nineteenth century and traces its legacies into the present.

Recenzje

'… the book will naturally be welcome; it is very serviceable, also, as an introduction to the high politics of the first three decades of the nineteenth century.' Alex Middleton, Chirst Church

Spis treści

List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction: emotions and empire; 1. Children of empire: British nationalism and colonial utopias; 2. Colonial 'blind spots': images of frontier conflict; 3. Australian Uncle Tom's Cabins; 4. The homeless of empire? Imperial outcasts in Bleak House; 5. Christian heroes on the new frontier; 6. Charity begins at home? Philanthropy, magic lantern slides and missionary performances; 7. The Republican debate and popular royalism: 'a strange reluctance to actually shout at the Queen'; Bibliography; Index.