TY - BOOK AU - Kuchta,Todd ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Semi-detached empire: suburbia and the colonization of Britain, 1880 to the present AV - PR888.D373 K83 2010eb U1 - 823/.9109355 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Charlottesville PB - University of Virginia Press KW - English fiction KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - 19th century KW - Degeneration in literature KW - Regression (Civilization) in literature KW - Suburbs in literature KW - Suburban life in literature KW - Literature and society KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - In literature KW - Civilization KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10495633 ER -