Mid-Victorian Imperialists - British Gentlemen and the Empire of the Mind

Informationen zum Autor Edward Beasley is a Lecturer in History at San Diego State University, where he also teaches in the Liberal Studies Program. He is the author of Empire as the Triumph of Theory: Imperialism, Information and the Colonial Society of 1868 (Routledge 2004). Klappentext This is an empirical study of just where in Victorian culture the ideology of imperialism left clear traces of itself. The well-written investigations bring to life how certain men thought about the British Empire between the 1830s and 1868. Zusammenfassung This is an empirical study of just where in Victorian culture the ideology of imperialism left clear traces of itself. The well-written investigations bring to life how certain men thought about the British Empire between the 1830s and 1868. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table Of Contents Acknowledgments iv Abbreviations v Preface by Peter Catterall I Introduction II Arthur Mills, Almanacs, and Despotism. III The Man who ran the Empire. IV Frederic Rogers and the ‘Transcendental Expectation’ V Letters from Australia, Pt 1: The Citizens VI Letters from Australia, Pt 2: The Governor and the End of the World VII The Variety of Englishmen and their Empires, Part 1: Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton VIII The Variety of Englishmen and their Empires, Part 2. IX Generalizing about Humanity: Lord Carnarvon. X Rawlinson, Northcote, and the Imperialism of Information Management. XI Conclusion Bibliography

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• Authors: Edward Beasley, Edward (San Diego University Beasley, Beasley Edward
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.04.2015
• EAN: 9781138878150
• ISBN: 978-1-138-87815-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: British Politics and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Colonialism and imperialism