{"product_id":"ten-books-that-shaped-the-british-empire-creating-an-imperial-commons-paperback","title":"Ten Books That Shaped the British Empire: Creating an Imperial Commons - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAntoinette Burton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eIsabel Hofmeyr\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntoinette Burton is Professor of History and Catherine C. and Bruce A. Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has written and edited many books, most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe First Anglo-Afghan Wars: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Primer for Teaching World History: Ten Design Principles\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEmpire in Question: Reading, Writing, and Teaching British Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by Duke University Press. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIsabel Hofmeyr is Professor of African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and Visiting Distinguished Global Professor at New York University. Her prize-winning books include \u003ci\u003eGandhi's Printing Press: Experiments in Slow Reading\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e'We Spend Our Years as a Tale That is Told' Oral Historical Storytelling in a South African Chiefdom\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Portable Bunyan: A Transnational History of The Pilgrim's Progress\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45437988667494,"sku":"9780822358275","price":65.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/DgDwebBEiF9780822358275.webp?v=1775926234","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/ten-books-that-shaped-the-british-empire-creating-an-imperial-commons-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}