Edwardian England and the Idea of Racial Decline An Empires Future [Hardcover]

Emerging from a long and exhausting conflict against the Boers in South Africa, Edwardians are often perceived as rocked by a profound set of doubts about the future of the British Empire. Drawing upon a wide range of popular sources, this study considers the level of middle-class engagement with such strains of pessimistic thought.Introduction 1. Military Efficacy and the State of the Nation 2. Health and Poverty in Urban England 3. Moral Reform, Youth Movements and Hooliganism Conclusion

Christopher Prior is Lecturer in Twentieth Century History at the University of Southampton, UK. He is the author of Exporting Empire: Africa, Colonial Officials and the Construction of the Imperial State, c.1900-39 (2013).