LEADER 03271oam 2200673I 450 001 9910450919703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-135-76575-8 010 $a1-280-26772-0 010 $a9786610267729 010 $a0-203-32927-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203329276 035 $a(CKB)1000000000251924 035 $a(EBL)199721 035 $a(OCoLC)475907286 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000202782 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11201305 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000202782 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10255196 035 $a(PQKB)10309782 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC199721 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL199721 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10163391 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL26772 035 $a(OCoLC)252749977 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000251924 100 $a20180331d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMid-Victorian imperialists $eBritish gentleman and the empire of the mind /$fEdward Beasley 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (219 p.) 225 1 $aBritish foreign and colonial policy,$x1467-5013 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-87815-4 311 $a0-7146-5698-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aHalf-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 330 $aThroughout the nineteenth century the British Empire was the subject of much writing; floods of articles, books and government reports were produced about the areas under British control and the policy of imperialism. Mid-Victorian Imperialists investigates how the Victorians made sense of all the information regarding the empire by examining the writings of a collection of gentlemen who were amongst the first people to join the Colonial Society in 1868-69. These men included imperial officials, leading settlers, British politicians and writers, and Beasley looks at the common tren 410 0$aCass series--British foreign and colonial policy. 606 $aImperialism$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aIntellectuals$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xIntellectual life$y19th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$xHistory$y19th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aImperialism$xHistory 615 0$aIntellectuals$xHistory 676 $a325.34109034 700 $aBeasley$b Edward$f1964,$0947933 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450919703321 996 $aMid-Victorian imperialists$92142660 997 $aUNINA