▁which ▁British ▁imperial ism ▁rest ed ▁upon ▁ideas ▁about ▁cultural ▁difference ▁and ▁in ▁turn ▁how ▁British ▁colonial ism ▁res h aped ▁understand ings ▁of ▁race ▁and ▁gender ▁in ▁both ▁the ▁colon ies ▁and ▁at ▁home ▁in ▁Britain . ▁Mr inal ini ▁Sin ha ' s ▁Col onial ▁Mas cul inity ▁( 1 9 9 5 ) ▁showed ▁how ▁supposed ▁British ▁man lin ess ▁and ▁ideas ▁about ▁the ▁eff em in acy ▁of ▁some ▁Indians ▁influenced ▁colonial ▁policy ▁and ▁Indian ▁national ist ▁thought . ▁Anto in ette ▁Bur ton ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁key ▁figure ▁and ▁her ▁ ▁Bur dens ▁of ▁History ▁( 1 9 9 5 ) ▁showed ▁how ▁white ▁British ▁femin ists ▁in ▁the ▁Victor ian ▁period ▁appropri ated ▁imperial ist ▁r het or ic ▁to ▁claim ▁a ▁role ▁for ▁themselves ▁in ▁' s aving ' ▁native ▁women ▁and ▁thereby ▁strength ened ▁their ▁own ▁claims ▁to ▁equality ▁in ▁Britain . ▁Histor ians ▁like ▁Sin ha , ▁Bur ton , ▁and ▁Catherine ▁Hall ▁have ▁used ▁this ▁approach ▁to ▁argue ▁that ▁British ▁culture ▁at ▁' home ' ▁was ▁prof ound ly ▁sh aped ▁by ▁the ▁emp ire ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁ ▁Link ages ▁binding ▁the ▁Empire ▁together ▁The ▁second ▁feature ▁that ▁defines ▁the ▁new ▁imperial ▁history ▁is ▁its ▁exam ination ▁of ▁the ▁links ▁and ▁flows ▁that ▁connected ▁different ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁emp ire ▁together . ▁At ▁first ▁sch ol ars ▁looked ▁at ▁the ▁emp ire ' s ▁impact ▁on ▁domestic ▁Britain , ▁particularly ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁every day ▁experiences .