Emerging from a long and exhausting conflict against the Boers in South Africa, Edwardians are often perceived as rocked by a profound set of doubts about the future of the British Empire. Drawing upon a wide range of popular sources, this study considers the level of middle-class engagement with such strains of pessimistic thought.

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University of Southampton, UK

Christopher Prior

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Christopher Prior is Lecturer in Twentieth Century History at the University of Southampton, UK. He is the author of Exporting Empire: Africa, Colonial Officials and the Construction of the Imperial State, c.1900-39 (2013).

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Book Title: Edwardian England and the Idea of Racial Decline
Book Subtitle: An Empire’s Future
Authors: Christopher Prior
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137373410
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-37340-3Published: 18 September 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-37341-0Published: 12 January 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 126
Topics: Modern History, History of Britain and Ireland, Social History, Imperialism and Colonialism, Cultural History

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

Front Matter

Introduction

Military Efficacy and the State of the Nation

Health and Poverty in Urban England

Moral Reform, Youth Movements, and Hooliganism

Conclusion

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