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Author:

Daly, Suzanne.

Title:

The empire inside : Indian commodities in Victorian domestic novels / Suzanne Daly.

Publisher:

University of Michigan Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

167 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Domestic fiction, English--History and criticism.
Commercial products in literature.
Material culture in literature.
Middle class in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
India--In literature.
Material culture--Great Britain--History--19th century.
National characteristics, English--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: colonial commodities and the naturalization of empire -- The private life of things: Kashmir shawls -- Mechanization, free trade, and imperialism: cotton -- Plunder as property: diamonds -- Tea and the mode of (literary) production -- Imperial imports at the fin de siecle.

ISBN:

0472051342 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780472051342 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0472071343 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780472071340 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)617509005

LCCN:

2010024621

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)