02301nam a2200469 a 4500 ebr10495633 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 090929s2010 vauab sb 001 0 eng d 2009039652 9780813929255 (cloth : alk. paper) 0813929253 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780813929262 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0813929261 (pbk. : alk. paper) 081392958X (e-book) 9780813929583 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)755620220 e-uk--- PR888.D373 K83 2010eb 823/.9109355 22 Kuchta, Todd, 1970- Semi-detached empire [electronic resource] : suburbia and the colonization of Britain, 1880 to the present / Todd Kuchta. Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2010. viii, 264 p. : ill., map. 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." Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. English fiction 20th century History and criticism. English fiction 19th century History and criticism. Degeneration in literature. Regression (Civilization) in literature. Suburbs in literature. Suburban life in literature. Literature and society Great Britain History. Great Britain In literature. Great Britain Civilization 20th century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10495633 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 130705 130705