Attewell, Nadine,

Better Britons : reproduction, national identity, and the afterlife of empire / Nadine Attewell. - xi, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-299) and index.

Introduction -- Beginnings -- An Island Solution: Utopian Forms and the Routing of National Identity -- Whiteness for Beginners: An Australian Experiment -- -- Endings -- "I kept on dreaming about the sea": Foreclosure and the Aborting Woman -- Apprehending Loss: Maternity at the Margins -- Shrunk in the (White)wash: Britain at World's end -- Envoi. Part One. 1. 2. Part Two. 3. 4. 5.

9781442647022 1442647027

20139037934


Human reproduction--Government policy--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Human reproduction--Government policy--History--New Zealand--20th century.
Human reproduction--Government policy--History--Australia--20th century.
National characteristics, British--History--20th century.
National characteristics, New Zealand--History--20th century.
National characteristics, Australian--History--20th century.
Decolonization--Colonies--History--Great Britain--20th century.

HQ766.5.G7 / A88 2014

304.609410904