The impact of imperial power on the periphery and Britain
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 |
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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.