Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-229) and index.
Contents:
Tropical fruit in Brixton -- The invasion of Empire : Thomas Macaulay and Emily Eden go to India -- The heart of the empire : Little Nell and Florence Dombey do their bit -- The governess of empire : Jane Eyre takes care of India and Jamaica -- Babu Kalicharan Banerjee puts his arm around Miss Mary Pigot -- Laboring for the empire : old patriarchy and new imperialism in Tennyson and H. Rider Haggard -- 'Material interest' : Emilia Gould sums it up.
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