Download or read book Edwardian England and the Idea of Racial Decline written by Christopher Prior and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging from a long and exhausting conflict against the Boers in South Africa, Edwardians are often perceived as rocked by a profound set of doubts about the future of the British Empire. Drawing upon a wide range of popular sources, this study considers the level of middle-class engagement with such strains of pessimistic thought.