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Author Kuchta, Todd, 1970-

Title Semi-detached empire [electronic resource] : suburbia and the colonization of Britain, 1880 to the present / Todd Kuchta.

Imprint Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description viii, 264 p. : ill., map.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Semi-detached empire -- Reverse colonization in The War of the worlds -- Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Anglo-Indian -- Outposts of progress: Joseph Conrad's suburban speculation -- Beyond the abyss: degeneracy and death in the Edwardian suburb -- Ressentiment and late-imperial fiction -- George Orwell and the road to West Bletchley -- Epilogue: "In the blood and not on the skin."
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Degeneration in literature.
Regression (Civilization) in literature.
Suburbs in literature.
Suburban life in literature.
Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History.
Great Britain -- In literature.
Great Britain -- Civilization -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780813929255 (cloth : alk. paper)
0813929253 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813929262 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813929261 (pbk. : alk. paper)
081392958X (electronic bk.)
9780813929583 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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