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Hagerman

Britain's Imperial Muse

The Classics, Imperialism, and the Indian Empire, 1784-1914

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-349-32643-3
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK
Erscheinungstermin: 01.01.2013
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Britain's Imperial Muse explores the classics' contribution to British imperialism and to the experience of empire in India through the long 19th century. It reveals the classics role as a foundational source for positive conceptions of empire and a rhetorical arsenal used by commentators to justify conquest and domination, especially of India.

Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9781349326433
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-349-32643-3
  • Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK
  • Erscheinungstermin: 01.01.2013
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 2013. Auflage 2013
  • Serie: Britain and the World
  • Produktform: Kartoniert
  • Gewicht: 327 g
  • Seiten: 266
  • Format (B x H x T): 140 x 216 x 15 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt

Autoren/Hrsg.

Autoren

Hagerman, C.

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Classical Education and Britain's Imperial Elite 3. Empires and Imperialism in British Classical Discourse 4. Classical Discourse and British Imperial Identity: the Nature of Empire 5. Classical Discourse and British Imperial Identity: the Civilizing Mission 6. Classical Discourse and British Imperial Identity: the Imperial Character 7. Classical Discourse and the Decline and Fall of Empires 8. Classical Discourse and British Conceptions of India 9. Classical Discourse in British India I: Coping with Life in India 10. Classical Discourse in British India II: Secret Knowledge 11. Conclusion References Endnotes