A. James Hammerton

Love, Class and Empire

An English Family Saga in the Middle East

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Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on the experiences of two British expatriate families in Iran and Iraq, this study explores the impact of rapid social mobility in the late imperial era. Drawing on a wealth of personal letters and diaries, A. James Hammerton offers a close and evocative portrait of expatriate love and sexuality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009541763
• ISBN-10: 1009541765
• Artikelnr.: 73525112

Autorenporträt

A. James Hammerton is Emeritus Scholar at La Trobe University, Melbourne. Previous book publications include: Migrants of the British Diaspora since the 1960s (2017), Ten Pound Poms: Australia's Invisible Migrants (with Alistair Thomson, 2005), Cruelty and Companionship: Conflict in Nineteenth Century Married Life, (1992) and Emigrant Gentlewomen: Genteel Poverty and Female Emigration, 1830-1914, (1979, 2016).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. White-Collar mobility: the making of Edgar Wilson
2. Telegraphy as social lubricant: William Cooper's expatriate journey
3. An expatriate young lady: the education and courtship of Winifred Cooper
4. Marriage, love and war in Persia: the domestic costs of mobility
5. An expatriate marriage: love, sexuality and separation
6. 'Home for good with a loving and grand wife': suburban retirement
7. Fatal wanderlust and home settlement
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.