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UNINA9910450919703321 |
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Autore |
Beasley Edward <1964, > |
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Titolo |
Mid-Victorian imperialists : British gentleman and the empire of the mind / / Edward Beasley |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-76575-8 |
1-280-26772-0 |
9786610267729 |
0-203-32927-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (219 p.) |
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Collana |
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British foreign and colonial policy, , 1467-5013 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Imperialism - History - 19th century |
Intellectuals - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
Great Britain Intellectual life 19th century |
Great Britain Colonies History 19th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; General editor's preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Arthur Mills, almanacs and despotism; 3 The man who ran the Empire; 4 Frederic Rogers and the 'transcendental expectation'; 5 Letters from Australia, Part I; 6 Letters from Australia, Part II; 7 The variety of Englishmen and their empires, Part I; 8 The variety of Englishmen and their empires, Part II; 9 Generalizing about humanity; 10 Rawlinson, Northcote and the imperialism of information management; 11 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Throughout the nineteenth century the British Empire was the subject of much writing; floods of articles, books and government reports were produced about the areas under British control and the policy of imperialism. Mid-Victorian Imperialists investigates how the Victorians made sense of all the information regarding the empire by examining the writings of a collection of gentlemen who were amongst the first people to join the Colonial Society in 1868-69. These men included |
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