Imperial Boredom —— Monotony and the British Empire

----- 帝国的厌倦：单调和大英帝国

ISBN: 9780198827375 出版年：2018 页码：325 Auerbach, Jeffrey A Oxford University Press

Imperial Boredom offers a radical reconsideration of the British Empire during its heyday in the nineteenth century. Challenging the long-established view that that the Empire was about adventure and excitement, Auerbach draws on personal accounts to argue that boredom was central to the experience of Empire.