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The Empire of Progress This page intentionally left blank The Empire of Progress West Africans, Indians, and Britons at the British Empire Exhibition 1924– 25 Daniel Stephen the empire of progress Copyright © Daniel Stephen, 2013. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-1-137-32511-2 All rights reserved. First published in 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-45919-3 ISBN 978-1-137-32512-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137325129 Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Stephen, Daniel, 1957– The empire of progress: West Africans, Indians, and Britons at the British Empire Exhibition 1924– 25 / Daniel Stephen. pages cm Includes bibliographical references. 1. Imperialism— Social aspects— Great Britain— History— 20th century. 2. Imperialism— Economic aspects— Great Britain— History— 20th century. 3. Exhibitions— Great Britain— History— 20th century. 4. Great Britain— History— George V, 1910– 1936. 5. British Empire Exhibition (1924– 1925: Wembley, London, England) I. Title. DA16.S78 2013 607'.340942185—d c23 2013014613 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Scribe Inc. First edition: September 2013 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 For my Mother and Father and for Eric William Berne This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Illustrations ix Permissions Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 “Developing the Family Estate” 23 2 Building the Exhibition in India and British West Africa 53 3 “Progress” in the Tropics: Representing Modern Changes in India and Sub-Saharan Tropical Africa 81 4 Imperialism for the People 109 Conclusion: Winding up Wembley 137 Notes 143 Selected Bibliography 171 Index 185 This page intentionally left blank Illustrations 3.1 Indian Pavilion 82 3.2 East African Pavilion and West African Pavilion 96 4.1 Le dernier cri 116 4.2 The Talking Drums 120 4.3 All Languages Lead to Wembley 121 4.4 Western Oriental Gentleman 129
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