Description
About the Author
Jeffrey Auerbach his Professor of History at California State University Northridge. He received his BA from Oberlin College (1987) and his PhD from Yale University (1995). The recipient of numerous fellowships, his first book The Great Exhibition of 1851, was heralded as 'an exemplary piece of cultural history' (David Vincent, American Historical Review). Since then his research and writing has focused on the British Empire; he contributed an essay entitled 'Art and Empire' to The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume V. He was also the founding world history editor for History Compass, an e-journal for history, and has served as a consultant for the History Channel and the BBC.
Reviews
Auerbach builds his case on a remarkable compilation of primary visual and textual materials ... what the book does offer, beyond interesting examples from archives around the world, is an approach that remains unusual in imperial history, moving away from the "spoked wheel" understanding of colonial influence. * Elleke Boehmer, Times Literary Supplement *
Imperial Boredom calls attention to the potent combination of imperial nostalgia and propaganda. A timely study of imperial subjectivity, it is much to Auerbach's credit that a book on boredom is one of the most readable scholarly monographs I have encountered in recent years. * Andrew Griffiths, Open University, Victorian Studies *
stimulating and thought-provoking ... provides a novel and illuminating lens through which to examine the mind-set of men and women working and living in empire * Andrew Hillier, Reviews in History *
Jeffrey A. Auerbach takes boredom to a new level in this fascinating study. * Joanna Lewis, Times Higher Education *
Auerbach succeeds in capturing the texture of everyday imperialist life as few historians have. * Erik Linstrum, History Today *
Auerbach's research [...] is filled with a surprising amount of zingers ... a rich contribution to colonial history. * Josh Gaybert-Doyon, Hong Kong Review of Books *
... rich new book ... Auerbach writes in a clear and polished style. He is sensitive in his readings of the many dozen of manuscript diaries and letters of various bored imperial officers... * Padriac Scanlon, The New Inquiry *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198827375
Author Jeffrey A. Auerbach
Format Hardback
Page Count 316
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 242mm * 163mm * 24mm