Table of Contents

Part I: Shaping the Imperial Body Politic, 1829-1857
Cultures of Service, Anti-Slavery and Reform
Imperial Britons at Mid-Century
Part II: Liberalizing Imperial Democracy: Mid-Century and After
Imagining an Imperial Polity
Women, Politics and Empire
Varieties of National and Imperial Patriotism
Part III: At Home with Imperial Culture: Toward the 20th Century
Empire's Civilizing Missions
Work, Race and Politics: Centers and Peripheries
The Boer War and the New Century

About the Author

ANTOINETTE BURTON is Associate Professor of Modern European History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Reviews

"An original, enlightening and entertaining choice of texts, offering a refreshing view of 19th century British history, with Ireland, the colonies and women given their proper place for the first time in a work of this kind." --Bernard Porter, Professor of Modern History, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England