Semi-Detached Empire: Suburbia and the Colonization of Britain, 1880 to the Present

by Todd Kuchta

Book Overview

In the first book to consider British suburban literature from the vantage point of imperial and postcolonial studies, Todd Kuchta argues that suburban identity is tied to the empire's rise and fall. He takes his title from the type of home synonymous with suburbia. Like the semi-detached house, which joins separate dwellings under one roof, suburbia and empire were geographically distinct but imaginatively linked. Yet just as the "semi" conceals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813929261
• ISBN13: 9780813929262
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 8.8"