Mid-Victorian imperialists : British gentlemen and the empire of the mind / / Edward Beasley

• Autore: Beasley Edward <1964->
• Pubblicazione: London, : 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
• 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.: 9910821914303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cass series--British foreign and colonial policy.