Ten Books that Shaped the British Empire : Creating an Imperial Commons

• Main Authors: Burton, Antoinette, Hofmeyr, Isabel
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Durham Duke University Press 2014
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Asia; Asian history; Europe; European history; General and world history; Great Britain; HISTORY; History and Archaeology; Imperialism; India & South Asia; thema EDItEUR; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history; World

Combining insights from imperial studies and transnational book history, this provocative collection opens new vistas on both fields through ten accessible essays, each devoted to a single book. Contributors revisit well-known works associated with the British empire, including Charlotte Brontë'...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments ixIntroduction. The Spine of Empire? Books and the Making of an Imperial Commons / Antoinette Burton and Isabel Hofmeyr 11. Remaking the Empire from Newgate: Wakefield's A Letter from Sydney / Tony Ballantyne 292. Jane Eyre at Home and Abroad / Charlotte MacDonald 503. Macaulay's History of England: A Book That Shaped Nation and Empire / Catherine Hall 714. "The Day Will Come": Charles H. Pearson's National Life and Character: A Forecast / Marilyn Lake 905. Victims of "British Justice"? A Century of Wrong as Anti-imperial Tract, Core Narrative of the Afrikaner "Nation," and Victim-Based Solidarity-Building Discourse / André Du Toit 1126. The Text in the World, the World through the Text: Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys / Elleke Boehmer 1317. Hind Swaraj: Translating Sovereignty / Tridip Suhrud 1538. Totaram Sanadhya's Fiji Mein Mere Ekkis Varsh: A History of Empire and Nation in a Minor Key / Mrinalini Sinha 1689. C. L. R. James's The Black Jacobins and the Making of the Modern Atlantic World / Aaron Kamugisha 19010. Ethnography and Cultural Innovation in Mau Mau Detention Camps: Gakaara wa Wanjau's Mihiriga ya Agikuyu / Derek R. Peterson 216Bibliography 239Contributors 261Index 265
• Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. The Spine of Empire? Books and the Making of an Imperial Commons 1. Remaking the Empire from Newgate: Wakefield’s A Letter from Sydney 2. Jane Eyre at Home and Abroad 3. Macaulay’s History of England: A Book That Shaped Nation and Empire 4. “The Day Will Come”: Charles H. Pearson’s National Life and Character: A Forecast 5. Victims of “British Justice”? A Century of Wrong as Anti-imperial Tract, Core Narrative of the Afrikaner “Nation,” and Victim-Based Solidarity-Building Discourse 6. The Text in the World, the World through the Text: Robert Baden-Powell’s Scouting for Boys 7. Hind Swaraj: Translating Sovereignty 8. Totaram Sanadhya’s Fiji Mein Mere Ekkis Varsh: A History of Empire and Nation in a Minor Key 9. C. L. R. James’s The Black Jacobins and the Making of the Modern Atlantic World 10. Ethnography and Cultural Innovationin Mau Mau Detention Camps: Gakaara wa Wanjau’s Mĩhĩrĩga ya Agĩkũyũ Bibliography Contributors Index Cover Title Page, Copyright
• Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The Spine of Empire? : Books and the Making of an Imperial Commons - Antoinette Burton and Isabel Hofmeyr -- 1. Remaking the Empire from Newgate: Wakefield's A Letter from Sydney - Tony Ballantyne -- 2. Jane Eyre at Home and Abroad - Charlotte Macdonald -- 3. Macaulay's History of England: A Book That Shaped Nation and Empire - Catherine Hall -- 4. "The Day Will Come": Charles H. Pearson's National Life and Character: A Forecast - Marilyn Lake -- 5. Victims of "British Justice"? A Century of Wrong as Anti-imperial Tract, Core Narrative of the Afrikaner "Nation," and Victim-Based Solidarity-Building Discourse - André du Toit -- 6. The Text in the World, the World through the Text: Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys - Elleke Boehmer -- 7. Hind Swaraj: Translating Sovereignty - Tridip Suhrud -- 8. Totaram Sanadhya's Fiji Mein Mere Ekkis Varsh: A History of Empire and Nation in a Minor Key - Mrinalini Sinha -- 9. C. L. R. James's The Black Jacobins and the Making of the Modern Atlantic World - Aaron Kamugisha -- 10. Ethnography and Cultural Innovationin Mau Mau Detention Camps: Gakaara wa Wanjau's Mĩhĩrĩga ya Agĩkũyũ - Derek R. Peterson -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index