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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51212786 Title: Ornamentalism : how the British saw their empire Author: David Cannadine Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2002, ©2001. ISBN/ISSN: 019515794X 9780195157949 OCLC:51212786

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Ornamentalism : how the British saw their empire

Author:	David Cannadine
Publisher:	New York : Oxford University Press, 2002, ©2001.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Ornamentalism is a vividly evocative account of a vanished era, a major reassessment of Britain and its imperial past, and a trenchant and disturbing analysis of what it means to be a post-imperial nation today.
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Subjects	Great Britain -- Colonies -- History. Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History. Social classes -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	History
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	David Cannadine Find more information about:
ISBN:	019515794X 9780195157949
OCLC Number:	51212786
Notes:	"First Oxford University Press paperback, 2002"--t.p. verso. Originally published: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Description:	xxiv, 263, [1] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Contents:	pt. one. Beginnings : Prologue -- Precursors -- pt. two. Localities : Dominions -- India -- Colonies -- Mandates -- pt. three. Generalities : Honours -- Monarchs -- Perspectives -- Limitations -- Part four : Endings : Dissolution -- Epilogue -- Appendix: An imperial childhood?
Responsibility:	David Cannadine.

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Ornamentalism is a vividly evocative account of a vanished era, a major reassessment of Britain and its imperial past, and a trenchant and disturbing analysis of what it means to be a post-imperial nation today.

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