Unhomely empire : whiteness and belonging, c. 1760-1830

Author/Creator:: Gust, Onni, author
Publication/Creation:: London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021
Resource Type:: Book

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Full Title:: Unhomely empire : whiteness and belonging, c. 1760-1830 / Onni Gust
Series Titles:: Empire's other histories

Genre:: Electronic books
Subjects:: Home in literature
Whites--Race identity--Great Britain--Colonies--History--18th century
Race awareness--Great Britain--Colonies--History--18th century
Belonging (Social psychology)
Exile in literature
Enlightenment
Imperialism in literature
Emigration and immigration in literature
Great Britain--Colonies--Intellectual life
Great Britain--Colonies--In literature

Table of Contents:: The racialization of belonging in Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments -- Dugald Stewart and the colour of progress -- The role of 'home' in Edgeworth and Graham's critiques of slavery -- Colonial knowledge and the making of white masculinity in Bombay -- "A hothouse of weeds" : reproducing white womanhood in colonial India -- Conclusion.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource
Local Note:: Available to current Emory University students, faculty and staff.