Dickens and empire: discourses of class, race and colonialism in the works of Charles Dickens

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Contents: Introduction Emigration, transportation, and the problem of closure National identity The racial order Red tape and circumlocution: the Crimean War 'How to make an India pickle' A tale of three revolutions: Dickens's response to the Sepoy rebellion Containing Cawnpore: the reinvention and reinterpretation of the Indian Mutiny The 1860s and the decline of the discourse Afterword Bibliography Index.

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