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The elephant and the pantomime

Imperialism and popular culture in Britain

What was the impact of imperialism on British popular culture? This article uses two nineteenth-century case studies — of an elephant and a pantomime — to investigate

A Punch cartoon from 1899. Mackenzie argued that popular culture was used to cultivate patriotism and support for imperialism

AQA 1J The British Empire, 1857–1951

Edexcel Paper 3, Option 35.1 Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914

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