Imperial Boredom Imperial Boredom

Imperial Boredom

Monotony and the British Empire

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Publisher Description

Imperial Boredom offers a radical reconsideration of the British Empire during its heyday in the nineteenth century. Challenging the long-established view that that the Empire was about adventure and excitement, Auerbach draws on personal accounts to argue that boredom was central to the experience of Empire.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2018
October 3
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
304
Pages
PUBLISHER
OUP Oxford
SELLER
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford trading as Oxford University Press
SIZE
8.8
MB

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