Front matter

Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Contents v
3. General editor’s introduction vi
4. Notes on contributors viii
5. Acknowledgements xi
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 The persistence of empire in metropolitan culture 21
8. 2 Empire loyalists and ‘Commonwealth men’ 37
9. 3 Coronation Everest 57
10. 4 Look back at empire 73
11. 5 ‘No nation could be broker’ 91
12. 6 The imperial game in crisis 111
13. 7 Imperial heroes for a post-imperial age 128
14. 8 Imperial legacies, new frontiers 145
15. 9 Wandering in the wake of empire 163
16. 10 Communities of Britishness 180
17. 11 South Asians in post-imperial Britain 200
18. 12 India, Inc.? 217
19. Index 233