Livingstone''s ''Lives'' - A Metabiography of a Victorian Icon

Informationen zum Autor Justin D. Livingstone is the Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Fellow in Critical Studies at the University of Glasgow Klappentext Explores how Livingstone has been represented in diverse ways and put to work in a variety of socio-political contexts. Zusammenfassung Explores how Livingstone has been represented in diverse ways and put to work in a variety of socio-political contexts. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Bio-diversity: metabiographical method2. Styling the self: making missionary travels3. Death: lamenting Livingstone4. Empire: imperial afterlives5. Nation: Scotland's son6. Fiction: laughing at Livingstone?7. Revisionism: sins, psyche, sexIndex

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• Authors: Justin Livingstone, Justin D (University of Glasgow) Livingstone, Justin D. Livingstone
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.01.2017
• EAN: 9781526106797
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-0679-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Studies in Imperialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, British Empire, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Geographical discovery & exploration, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Colonialism and imperialism, Geographical discovery and exploration