Writing the Empire : The Mcilwraiths, 1853-1948 / Eva-Marie Kröller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kröller, Eva-Marie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism--History--19th century.

Imperialism.

Imperialism--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (536 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : University of Toronto Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Writing the Empire is a collective biography of the McIlwraiths, a family of politicians, entrepreneurs, businesspeople, scientists, and scholars. Known for their contributions to literature, politics, and anthropology, the McIlwraiths originated in Ayrshire, Scotland and spread across the British Empire, specifically North America and Australia, from the mid-nineteenth century onwards. Focusing on imperial networking, Writing the Empire reflects on the McIlwraiths' life-writing through three generations, contained in correspondence, diaries, memoirs, and estate papers, along with published works by members of the family. By moving from generation to generation, but also from one stage of a person's life to the next, the author investigates some of the ways in which various McIlwraiths, both men and women, articulated their identity as subjects of the British Empire over time. Kröller identifies parallel and competing forms of communication that involved major public figures beyond the family's immediate circle, and explores the challenges issued by Indigenous people to imperial ideologies. Drawing from private papers and public archives, Writing the Empire is an illuminating biography that will appeal to readers interested in the links between life-writing and imperial history."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Permissions

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1 The Australian Mcllwraiths

2 The Ontario Mcllwraiths

3 The "Family Album"

4 Jean Mcllwraith's Story

5 Beulah Gillet Knox in Dresden

6 The Wartime Letters of T.F. Mcllwraith

7 T.F. Mcllwraith at Cambridge

Conclusion: Bella Coola and After

Appendix: Mcllwraith Genealogies

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4875-3652-6

1-4875-3651-8

OCLC:

1227942925