Ten books that shaped the British empire : creating an imperial commons Remaking the empire from Newgate : Wakefields A letter from Sydney Tony Ballantyne Jane Eyre at home and abroad Charlotte Macdonald Macaulays History of England : a book that shaped nation and empire Catherine Hall The Day Will Come : Charles H. Pearsons National life and character : a forecast Marilyn Lake Victims of British justice  A century of wrong as anti imperial tract core narrative of the Afrikaner nation and victim based solidarity building discourse André du Toit The text in the world the world through the text : Robert Baden Powells Scouting for boys Elleke Boehmer Hind Swaraj : translating sovereignty Tridip Suhrud Totaram Sanadhyas Fiji Mein Mere Ekkis Varsh : a history of empire and nation in a minor key Mrinalini Sinha C.L.R. Jamess The Black Jacobins and the making of the modern Atlantic world Aaron Kamugisha Ethnography and cultural innovation in Mau Mau detention camps : Gakaara wa Wanjaus Mĩhĩrĩga ya aagĩkũyũ Derek R. Peterson. Looking at ten books that shaped the modern British Empire the contributors examine imperial classics anticolonial blockbusters and a range of pamphlets assessing the effects of each one on key aspects of imperial history. Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. The Spine of Empire : Books and the Making of an Imperial Commons Antoinette Burton and Isabel Hofmeyr 1. Remaking the Empire from Newgate: Wakefields A Letter from Sydney Tony Ballantyne 2. Jane Eyre at Home and Abroad Charlotte Macdonald 3. Macaulays History of England: A Book That Shaped Nation and Empire Catherine Hall 4. The Day Will Come : Charles H. Pearsons National Life and Character: A Forecast Marilyn Lake 5. Victims of British Justice  A Century of Wrong as Anti imperial Tract Core Narrative of the Afrikaner Nation and Victim Based Solidarity Building Discourse André du Toit 6. The Text in the World the World through the Text: Robert Baden Powells Scouting for Boys Elleke Boehmer 7. Hind Swaraj: Translating Sovereignty Tridip Suhrud 8. Totaram Sanadhyas Fiji Mein Mere Ekkis Varsh: A History of Empire and Nation in a Minor Key Mrinalini Sinha 9. C. L. R. Jamess The Black Jacobins and the Making of the Modern Atlantic World Aaron Kamugisha 10. Ethnography and Cultural Innovationin Mau Mau Detention Camps: Gakaara wa Wanjaus Mĩhĩrĩga ya Agĩkũyũ Derek R. Peterson Bibliography Contributors Index.