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Mid-Victorian Imperialists - British Gentlemen and the Empire of the Mind
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Mid-Victorian Imperialists - British Gentlemen and the Empire of the MindMid-Victorian Imperialists - British Gentlemen and the Empire of the Mind

Throughout the nineteenth century the British Empire was the subject of much writing; floods of articles, books and government reports were produced about the areas under British control and the policy of imperialism. Mid-Victorian Imperialists investigates how the Victorians made sense of all the information regarding the empire by examining the writings of a collection of gentlemen who were amongst the first people to join the Colonial Society in 1868-69.
 
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Tags: British, Empire, Imperialists, Mid-Victorian, empire, Gentlemen
The Cult of Imperial Honor in British India
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The Cult of Imperial Honor in British India

What was imperial honor and how did it sustain the British Raj? If  “No man may harm me with impunity” was an ancient theme of the European aristocracy, British imperialists of almost all classes in India possessed a similar vision of themselves as overlords belonging to an honorable race, so that ideals of honor condoned and sanctified their rituals, connecting them with status, power, and authority.  Honor, most broadly, legitimated imperial rule, since imperialists ostensibly kept India safe from outside threats.

 
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Tags: British, India, imperial, imperialists, Honor