The impact of imperial power on the periphery and Britain
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Key issues covered Orientalism, patterns of work, famine, technological progress, disease and medicine, national identities, religion, gender, education, erosion and preservation of local and ‘indigenous’ cultures, sport, law and order |
Key issues covered jingoism, indifference, exhibitions, school texts and national identity, youth organisations, the arts (music hall, theatre, etc.) |
Key issues covered Metropolitan politics, international relations and the economy |
Images (L to R):
Castles on a railway handcar on the way to Naginimora, 1936. PP MS 19/6/NAGA/0615 (SOAS manuscript number).Photograph: Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. © Nicholas Haimendorf.
Kâtip Çelebi. Map of the British Isles, c 1850-1900. MS 139868 (soas manuscript number), SOAS Library.
[Buddhist Ordination] MS 230268, [1827]. MS 230268 (SOAS manuscript number), SOAS Library. © SOAS University of London.
