{"product_id":"9781902210629","title":"Through Australian Eyes: Colonial Perceptions of Imperial Britain","description":"In the last twenty-five years of the 19th century, around 200,000 visitors from Australia landed in Britain. As members of the colonial elite, they sailed to the Old Country to experience their Britishness: they toured Westminster Abbey; they visited graves of parents; they threw snowballs at Christmas. Yet they were also aware of themselves as Australians. In 1891, one Irishman wrote of his birthplace: 'The north of Ireland is a disgusting climate for an Australian who loves his blue skies and glorious sunshine.' Even London could disappoint: 'I have seen many curious things here not to be seen at home but it's not half the place I expected to see - hardly worth coming for.' Colonial Australians were British, but not of Britain, and their diaries and letters offer a distinctive insight into nineteenth-century Britain. Using unpublished diaries and letters, this book offers a unique and cross-disciplinary approach to Cultural History. It considers both British and Australian national identities as the products of cultural displacement.","brand":"Sussex Academic Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033053217008,"sku":"9781902210629","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781902210629_p0.jpg?v=1763612684","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781902210629","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}