TY - BOOK AU - Nechtman,Tillman W. TI - Nabobs: empire and identity in eighteenth-century Britain SN - 9780521763530 U1 - 303.48 PY - 2010/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Imperialism KW - Social aspects KW - Great Britain KW - National characteristics, British KW - History KW - Social conditions KW - Colonies KW - Civilization N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-259) and index; Introduction: An imperial footprint -- An India of the mind: enlightenment and empire in eighteenth-century South Asia -- 'Flesh and blood cannot bear it': private lives and imperial taxonomies in late eighteenth-century British India -- The nabob controversy: debating global imperialism -- Imperial clutter: the nabob controversy in the public sphere -- Nabobinas: gender, luxury, race, and empire ER -