Semi-detached empire : suburbia and the colonization of Britain, 1880 to the present /

Semi-detached empire : suburbia and the colonization of Britain, 1880 to the present / Todd Kuchta.

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In the first book to consider British suburban literature from the vantage point of imperial and postcolonial studies, Todd Kuchta argues that suburban identity is tied to the empire's rise and fall. Like the semi-detached house, which joins separate dwellings under one roof, suburbia and empir...

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Main Author: Kuchta, Todd, 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010.
Subjects:
English fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Degeneration in literature.
Regression (Civilization) in literature.
Suburbs in literature.
Suburban life in literature.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History.
Civilization.
English fiction.
Literature.
Literature and society.
Great Britain > In literature.
Great Britain > Civilization > 20th century.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

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