The Empire Strikes Back?: The Impact of Imperialism on Britain from the Mid-Nineteenth Century

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`The Empire Strikes Back' will inject the empire back into the domestic history of modern Britain.  In the nineteenth century and for much of the twentieth century, Britain's empire was so large that it was truly the global superpower. Much of Africa, Asia and America had been subsumed. Britannia's tentacles had stretched both wide and deep. Culture, Religion, Health, Sexuality, Law and Order were all impacted in the dominated countries. `The Empire Strikes Back' shows how the dependent states were subsumed and then hit back, affecting in turn England itself. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Publisher’s Acknowledgements Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1. Elites 2. The Lower Middle Class and the Working Class at Home 3. The Working Class at Work 4. The Working Class at Play 5. Women and Children 6. Domestic Politics 7. Metropolitan Economics 8. The Forging of British Identities 9. After-Effects Afterword Appendix Notes Select Bibliography Index