Mid-Victorian imperialists : British gentleman and the empire of the mind / / Edward Beasley
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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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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (219 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 325.34109034 |
| Soggetto topico: | Imperialism - History - 19th century |
| Intellectuals - Great Britain - History - 19th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Great Britain Intellectual life 19th century |
| Great Britain Colonies History 19th century | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 imperial officials, leading settlers, British politicians and writers, and Beasley looks at the common tren |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Mid-Victorian imperialists |
| ISBN: | 1-135-76575-8 |
| 1-280-26772-0 | |
| 9786610267729 | |
| 0-203-32927-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450919703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Cass series--British foreign and colonial policy.