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Heroes of empire : five charismatic men and the conquest of Africa / / Edward Berenson



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Autore: Berenson Edward <1949-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Heroes of empire : five charismatic men and the conquest of Africa / / Edward Berenson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (375 p.)
Disciplina: 916.04/2309224
Soggetto topico: Mass media - France - History - 19th century
Mass media - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Explorers - Europe
Explorers - Africa
Soggetto geografico: Africa Discovery and exploration European
Soggetto non controllato: africa
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
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: During 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Heroes of empire  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-79022-6
9786612790225
0-520-94719-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910827775603321
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