02834nam 2200733 a 450 991045694000332120211012171905.01-280-49014-497866135853700-8139-2958-X(CKB)2550000000047924(OCoLC)755620220(CaPaEBR)ebrary10495633(SSID)ssj0000606092(PQKBManifestationID)11376962(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000606092(PQKBWorkID)10596485(PQKB)10374270(MiAaPQ)EBC3443998(MdBmJHUP)muse3990(Au-PeEL)EBL3443998(CaPaEBR)ebr10495633(CaONFJC)MIL358537(EXLCZ)99255000000004792420090929d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSemi-detached empire[electronic resource] suburbia and the colonization of Britain, 1880 to the present /Todd KuchtaCharlottesville University of Virginia Press20101 online resource (273 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8139-2926-1 0-8139-2925-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Semi-detached empire -- Reverse colonization in The War of the worlds -- Sherlock Holmes and the case of the Anglo-Indian -- Outposts of progress: Joseph Conrad's suburban speculation -- Beyond the abyss: degeneracy and death in the Edwardian suburb -- Ressentiment and late-imperial fiction -- George Orwell and the road to West Bletchley -- Epilogue: "In the blood and not on the skin."English fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish fiction19th centuryHistory and criticismDegeneration in literatureRegression (Civilization) in literatureSuburbs in literatureSuburban life in literatureLiterature and societyGreat BritainHistoryGreat BritainIn literatureGreat BritainCivilization20th centuryElectronic books.English fictionHistory and criticism.English fictionHistory and criticism.Degeneration in literature.Regression (Civilization) in literature.Suburbs in literature.Suburban life in literature.Literature and societyHistory.823/.9109355Kuchta Todd1970-1038885MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456940003321Semi-detached empire2460737UNINA