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'There were always political, racial and moral contradictions in the British Empire and this excellent study demonstrates them with particular clarity. This is an interesting book to read and shows just how heterogeneous Britain's imperial project was.' The Historical Association (history.org.uk) 'Immediately, the combination of approach and object of inquiry is intriguing. Add to this its unconventional geography - Britain, India, and Australia over the long nineteenth century - and we have a book that surprises and puzzles but ultimately energizes the field.' The American Historical Review 'Heath has written an exceptional book on nineteenth-century British colonial policy and the ways in which [this] came to impact policies in Australia and India and the governing of those nation states.' LIMINA: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies

'There were always political, racial and moral contradictions in the British Empire and this excellent study demonstrates them with particular clarity. This is an interesting book to read and shows just how heterogeneous Britain's imperial project was.' The Historical Association (history.org.uk) 'Immediately, the combination of approach and object of inquiry is intriguing. Add to this its unconventional geography - Britain, India, and Australia over the long nineteenth century - and we have a book that surprises and puzzles but ultimately energizes the field.' The American Historical Review 'Heath has written an exceptional book on nineteenth-century British colonial policy and the ways in which [this] came to impact policies in Australia and India and the governing of those nation states.' LIMINA: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies There were always political, racial and moral contradictions in the British Empire and this excellent study demonstrates them with particular clarity. This is an interesting book to read and shows just how heterogeneous Britain's imperial project was. -The Historical Association Heath has written an exceptional book on nineteenth century British colonial policy and the ways in which these came to impact policies in Australia and India and the governing of those nation states. -LIMINA: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies Purifying Empire sets an agenda for future research in this field. -Simon J. Potter, H-Albion ...this ambitious book is an important contribution to scholarship on colonial governmentality. -Alison Bashfor, American Historical Review Purifying Empire traces attempts to regulate obscenity in late-nineteenth-and early twentieth-century Britain, Australia, and India, making a convincing case for the importance of culture in destabilizing imperial power. --Victorian Studies

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Deana Heath completed her PhD in imperial and colonial and South Asian history at the University of California, Berkeley in 2003, following which she taught at Trinity College Dublin for five years. She is currently teaching in the Department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta. Her research on British imperial and colonial and South Asian history focuses on a range of topics, including obscenity and censorship, modernity and governmentality, communalism and violence, globalization and Indian cinema. In addition to this book, she co-edited Communalism and Globalization in South Asia and its Diaspora (2010).

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