Edwardian England and the idea of racial decline: an empire’s future
Edwardian England and the idea of racial decline: an empire’s future
Historians commonly depict Edwardian England as a place of great anxiety. Emerging from a long and exhausting conflict against the Boers in South Africa, Edwardians are often perceived as rocked by a profound set of doubts about the future of the British Empire, including the belief that the country was stricken by a malaise, commonly referred to as 'national deterioration' or 'degeneration'. Drawing upon a wide range of popular sources, this study considers the level of middle-class engagement with such strains of pessimistic thought, examining cultural life at both national and regional levels, and across a wide range of topics, including military reform, urban living, the Scouting movement and the 'hooligan' problem, thereby shedding new light on Edwardian England.
1137373415
Prior, Christopher
01a410aa-e20e-4b41-922c-7b2adf8a9265
18 September 2013
Prior, Christopher
01a410aa-e20e-4b41-922c-7b2adf8a9265
Prior, Christopher
(2013)
Edwardian England and the idea of racial decline: an empire’s future
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Basingstoke, GB.
Palgrave Macmillan, 144pp.
Abstract
Historians commonly depict Edwardian England as a place of great anxiety. Emerging from a long and exhausting conflict against the Boers in South Africa, Edwardians are often perceived as rocked by a profound set of doubts about the future of the British Empire, including the belief that the country was stricken by a malaise, commonly referred to as 'national deterioration' or 'degeneration'. Drawing upon a wide range of popular sources, this study considers the level of middle-class engagement with such strains of pessimistic thought, examining cultural life at both national and regional levels, and across a wide range of topics, including military reform, urban living, the Scouting movement and the 'hooligan' problem, thereby shedding new light on Edwardian England.
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/353623
ISBN: 1137373415
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