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Selling Britishness: Commodity Culture, the Dominions and Empire: By Felicity Barnes. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2022. Pp. xiii + 242. A$76.95 paper.

Authors :
Woollacott, Angela
Source :
Australian Historical Studies. May2023, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p375-376. 2p.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

In this welcome monograph, Felicity Barnes expands our understanding of the marketing and commodity culture that tied the dominions and the metropole together in the interwar period especially. Selling Britishness: Commodity Culture, the Dominions and Empire: By Felicity Barnes. Perhaps Barnes' largest point of argument is that, while ostensibly dominion marketing was intended to boost Canada, Australia and New Zealand's economies and thus their national autonomy, it worked to build a shared Britishness. [Extracted from the article]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1031461X
Volume :
54
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Australian Historical Studies
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
163552698
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/1031461X.2023.2189076