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CHAPTER ONE. The Invasion of Empire: Thomas Macaulay and Emily Eden Go to India

© 2018 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

© 2018 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
  4. PREFACE xi
  5. INTRODUCTION. Tropical Fruit in Brixton 1
  6. CHAPTER ONE. The Invasion of Empire: Thomas Macaulay and Emily Eden Go to India 17
  7. CHAPTER TWO. The Heart of the Empire: Little Nell and Florence Dombey Do Their Bit 43
  8. CHAPTER THREE. The Governess of Empire: Jane Eyre Takes Care of India and Jamaica 77
  9. CHAPTER FOUR. Babu Kalicharan Banerjee Puts His Arm around Miss Mary Pigot 119
  10. CHAPTER FIVE. Laboring for the Empire: Old Patriarchy and New Imperialism in Tennyson and H. Rider Haggard 157
  11. CONCLUSION. "Material Interest": Emilia Gould Sums It Up 203
  12. Works Cited 217
  13. Index 231
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https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501723674-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS ix
  4. PREFACE xi
  5. INTRODUCTION. Tropical Fruit in Brixton 1
  6. CHAPTER ONE. The Invasion of Empire: Thomas Macaulay and Emily Eden Go to India 17
  7. CHAPTER TWO. The Heart of the Empire: Little Nell and Florence Dombey Do Their Bit 43
  8. CHAPTER THREE. The Governess of Empire: Jane Eyre Takes Care of India and Jamaica 77
  9. CHAPTER FOUR. Babu Kalicharan Banerjee Puts His Arm around Miss Mary Pigot 119
  10. CHAPTER FIVE. Laboring for the Empire: Old Patriarchy and New Imperialism in Tennyson and H. Rider Haggard 157
  11. CONCLUSION. "Material Interest": Emilia Gould Sums It Up 203
  12. Works Cited 217
  13. Index 231
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