Porter, Bernard. “Trade, Liberty, and Empire: The Middle Classes to 1880.” In The Absent-Minded Imperialists, 83–114. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2004./Zutshi, Chitralekha. “‘Designed for Eternity’:Kashmiri Shawls, Empire, and Cultures of Production and Consumption in Mid-Victorian Britain.” Journal of British Studies 48, no. 2 (2009): 420–440. doi: 10.1086/596107

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Porter, Bernard. “Trade, Liberty, and Empire: The Middle Classes to 1880.” In The Absent-Minded Imperialists, 83–114. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2004.

Zutshi, Chitralekha. “‘Designed for Eternity’:Kashmiri Shawls, Empire, and Cultures of Production and Consumption in Mid-Victorian Britain.” Journal of British Studies 48, no. 2 (2009): 420–440. doi: 10.1086/596107

Smith, Michelle J. “Be(ing) prepared: Girl Guides, Colonial Life and National Strength.” In Empire in British Girls’ Literature and Culture, 133–158. Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011