British culture and the end of Empire. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Stuart Ward.
• Other Names: Ward, Stuart
• Contents: AcknowledgementsGeneral editor's introductionIntroduction1. The persistence of empire in metropolitan culture - John M. Mackenzie2. Empire loyalists and 'Commonwealth men': The round table and the end of empire - Alex May3. Coronation Everest: empire and commonwealth in the 'second Elizabethan age' - Peter H. Hansen4. Look back at empire: British theatre and imperial decline - Dan Rebellato5. 'No nation could be broker': The satire boom and the demise of Britain's world role - Stuart Ward6. The imperial game in crisis: English cricket and decolonisation - Mike Cronin and Richard Holt7. Imperial heroes for a post-imperial age: Films and the end of empire - Jeffrey Richards8. Imperial legacies, new frontiers: Children's popular literature and the demise of empire - Cathryn Castle9. Wandering in the wake of empire: British travel and tourism in the post-imperial world - Hsu-Ming Teo10. Communities of Britishness: Migration in the last gasp of empire - Kathleen Paul11. South Asians in post-imperial Britain: Decolonisation and the imperial legacy - Shompa Lahiri12. India, Inc.?: Nostalgia, memory and the empire of things - Antoinette BurtonNotes on contributors
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: 941.082; 325.342; Postcolonialism -- Commonwealth countries; Decolonization -- History; Imperialism -- History; British colonies; Civilization; Decolonization; Imperialism; Postcolonialism; Great Britain -- Civilization -- 20th century; Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century; Commonwealth countries -- History; Commonwealth countries; Great Britain; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526119629; 1526119625
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