{"product_id":"writing-the-empire-the-mcilwraiths-1853-1948-9781487507572","title":"Writing the Empire: The McIlwraiths, 1853-1948","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Eva-Marie Kröller\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Canadian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWriting the Empire\u003c\/em\u003e is a collective biography of the McIlwraiths, a family of politicians, entrepreneurs, businesspeople, scientists, and scholars. Known for their contributions to literature, politics, and anthropology, the McIlwraiths originated in Ayrshire, Scotland, and spread across the British Empire, specifically North America and Australia, from the mid-nineteenth century onwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on imperial networking, \u003ci\u003eWriting the Empire\u003c\/i\u003e reflects on three generations of the McIlwraiths' life writing, including correspondence, diaries, memoirs, and estate papers, along with published works by members of the family. By moving from generation to generation, but also from one stage of a person's life to the next, the author investigates how various McIlwraiths, both men and women, articulated their identity as subjects of the British Empire over time. Eva-Marie Kr�ller identifies parallel and competing forms of communication that involved major public figures beyond the family's immediate circle, and explores the challenges issued by Indigenous people to imperial ideologies. Drawing from private papers and public archives, \u003ci\u003eWriting the Empire \u003c\/i\u003eis an illuminating biography that will appeal to readers interested in the links between life writing and imperial history. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46450698616983,"sku":"9781487507572","price":12699.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781487507572.webp?v=1769150831","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/writing-the-empire-the-mcilwraiths-1853-1948-9781487507572","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}