Culture and Imperialism

Introduction Chapter One: Overlapping Territories, Intertwined Histories I. Empire, Geography, and Culture II. Images of the Past, Pure and Impure III. Two Visions in Heart of Darkness IV. Discrepant Experiences V. Connecting Empire to Secular Interpretation Chapter Two: Consolidated Vision I. Narrative and Social Space II. Jane Austen and Empire III. The Cultural Integrity of Empire IV. The Empire at Work: Verdi's Aida V. The Pleasures of Imperialism VI. The Native Under Control VII. Camus and the French Imperial Experience VIII. A Note on Modernism Chapter Three: Resistance and Opposition I. There Are Two Sides II. Themes of Resistance Culture III. Yeats and Decolonization IV. The Voyage In and the Emergence of Opposition V. Collaboration, Independence, and Liberation Chapter Four: Freedom from Domination in the Future I. American Ascendancy: The Public Space at War II. Challenging Orthodoxy and Authority III. Movements and Migrations Notes Index