{"product_id":"unhomely-empire-onni-gust-9781350128514","title":"Unhomely Empire: Whiteness and Belonging, c.1760-1830","description":"This book examines the role of Scottish Enlightenment ideas of belonging in the\u003cbr\u003econstruction and circulation of white supremacist thought that sought to justify British\u003cbr\u003eimperial rule. During the 18th century, European imperial expansion radically increased\u003cbr\u003epopulation mobility through the forging of new trade routes, war, disease, enslavement\u003cbr\u003eand displacement. In this book, Onni Gust argues that this mass movement intersected\u003cbr\u003ewith philosophical debates over what it meant to belong to a nation, civilization, and even\u003cbr\u003ehumanity itself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnhomely Empire\u003c\/i\u003e maps the consolidation of a Scottish Enlightenment discourse of 'home'\u003cbr\u003eand 'exile' through three inter-related case studies and debates; slavery and abolition in the\u003cbr\u003eCaribbean, Scottish Highland emigration to North America, and raising white girls in colonial\u003cbr\u003eIndia. Playing out over poetry, political pamphlets, travel writing, philosophy, letters and\u003cbr\u003ediaries, these debates offer a unique insight into the movement of ideas across a British imperial\u003cbr\u003eliterary network. Using this rich cultural material, Gust argues that whiteness\u003cbr\u003ewas central to 19th-century liberal imperialism's understanding of belonging, whilst\u003cbr\u003eemotional attachment and the perceived ability, or inability, to belong were key concepts in\u003cbr\u003econstructions of racial difference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Onni Gust\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350128511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350128514\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Onni Gust","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44064353190143,"sku":"9781350128514","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3fe2ba06-e67f-49d3-8b3e-a10ae7618fa0.jpg?v=1685394978","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unhomely-empire-onni-gust-9781350128514","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}