Britishness, clubbability, and the colonial public sphere: The genealogy of an imperial institution in colonial India

摘要: The ubiquity of the European social club in empires nineteenth and early twentieth centuries has been widely recognized both popular academic writings on European, particularly British, imperialism. “European” ascription imperial clubs derived from their predominantly whites-only membership policy which all elite Europeans, whatever nationalities, were potentially included. Although each individual often catered to a very different distinctive clientele among Europeans empire, “clubland” as whole served common ground where could meet members, or guests clubs. These clubs, it argued, represented an oasis culture colonies, functioning reproduce comfort familiarity “home” for living alien land. narrative club, is evident account by official historian Bengal Club, one oldest India, easily oscillated between understanding broadly cultural institution specifically British one. Either way, values that understood transplanted colonies: “It practice peoples far possible settlements colonies other continents characteristic features natural lives …. For more than century no peculiarly club.”