04327nam 2201009Ia 450 991082777560332120200520144314.01-282-79022-697866127902250-520-94719-310.1525/9780520947191(CKB)2670000000055558(EBL)610811(OCoLC)673417644(SSID)ssj0000419533(PQKBManifestationID)11304950(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419533(PQKBWorkID)10383938(PQKB)11261625(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056156(DE-B1597)518772(OCoLC)1018083341(DE-B1597)9780520947191(Au-PeEL)EBL610811(CaPaEBR)ebr10420281(CaONFJC)MIL279022(MiAaPQ)EBC610811(EXLCZ)99267000000005555820100422d2010 ub 0engur||#||||||||txtccrHeroes of empire five charismatic men and the conquest of Africa /Edward BerensonBerkeley University of California Press20101 online resource (375 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-23427-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --List of Illustrations --Acknowledgments --Introduction --1. Henry Morton Stanley and the New Journalism --2. Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza and the Making of the French Third Republic --3. Charles Gordon, Imperial Saint --4. The "Stanley Craze" --5. Jean- Baptiste Marchand, Fashoda, and the Dreyfus Affair --6. Brazza and the Scandal of the Congo --7. Hubert Lyautey and the French Seizure of Morocco --Epilogue --Notes --IndexDuring the decades of empire (1870-1914), legendary heroes and their astonishing deeds of conquest gave imperialism a recognizable human face. Henry Morton Stanley, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Charles Gordon, Jean-Baptiste Marchand, and Hubert Lyautey all braved almost unimaginable dangers among "savage" people for their nation's greater good. This vastly readable book, the first comparative history of colonial heroes in Britain and France, shows via unforgettable portraits the shift from public veneration of the peaceful conqueror to unbridled passion for the vanquishing hero. Edward Berenson argues that these five men transformed the imperial steeplechase of those years into a powerful "heroic moment." He breaks new ground by linking the era's "new imperialism" to its "new journalism"-the penny press-which furnished the public with larger-than-life figures who then embodied each nation's imperial hopes and anxieties.Mass mediaFranceHistory19th centuryMass mediaGreat BritainHistory19th centuryExplorersEuropeBiographyExplorersAfricaBiographyAfricaDiscovery and explorationEuropeanafrica.african history.britain.charles gordon.colonial heroes.colonialism.comparative history.conquest.france.global empires.henry morton stanley.historians.historical perspective.hubert lyautey.imperial history.imperial hopes.imperialism.indigenous peoples.jean baptiste marchand.nationalism.new imperialism.new journalism.nonfiction.penny press.pierre savorgnan de brazza.retrospective.vanquishing hero.Mass mediaHistoryMass mediaHistoryExplorersExplorers916.04/2309224Berenson Edward1949-997230MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827775603321Heroes of empire4049231UNINA