{"product_id":"ten-books-that-shaped-the-antoinette-burton-9780822358138","title":"Ten Books That Shaped the British Empire: Creating an Imperial Commons","description":"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's \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas Macaulay's \u003ci\u003eHistory of England\u003c\/i\u003e, Charles Pearson's \u003ci\u003eNational Life and Character\u003c\/i\u003e, and Robert Baden-Powell's \u003ci\u003eScouting for Boys\u003c\/i\u003e. They explore anticolonial texts in which authors such as C. L. R. James and Mohandas K. Gandhi chipped away at the foundations of imperial authority, and they introduce books that may be less familiar to students of empire. Taken together, the essays reveal the dynamics of what the editors call an \"imperial commons,\" a lively, empire-wide print culture. They show that neither empire nor book were stable, self-evident constructs. Each helped to legitimize the other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eContributors\u003c\/i\u003e. Tony Ballantyne, Elleke Boehmer, Catherine Hall, Isabel Hofmeyr, Aaron Kamugisha, Marilyn Lake, Charlotte Macdonald, Derek Peterson, Mrinalini Sinha, Tridip Suhrud, André du Toit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antoinette Burton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822358131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822358138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2015","brand":"Antoinette Burton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44120354423039,"sku":"9780822358138","price":102.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d3af624-5bc4-4fc6-8eb1-d608251e8407.jpg?v=1687413877","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ten-books-that-shaped-the-antoinette-burton-9780822358138","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}