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Colonizing nature [[electronic resource] ] : the tropics in British arts and letters, 1760-1820 / / Beth Fowkes Tobin
| Colonizing nature [[electronic resource] ] : the tropics in British arts and letters, 1760-1820 / / Beth Fowkes Tobin |
| Autore | Tobin Beth Fowkes |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/3213 |
| Soggetto topico |
English literature - History and criticism
Gardening - History - 18th century Gardening - History - 19th century Gardening in literature Colonies in literature Nature in literature |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-21208-0
9786613212085 0-8122-0368-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Troping the Tropics and Aestheticizing Labor -- Chapter 1. Tropical Bounty, Local Knowledge, and the Imperial Georgic -- Chapter 2. Provisional Economies: Slave Gardens in the Writings of British Sojourners -- Chapter 3. Land, Labor, and the English Garden Conversation Piece in India -- Chapter 4. Picturesque Ruins, Decaying Empires, and British Imperial Character in Hodges's Travels in India -- Chapter 5. Seeing, Writing, and Revision: Natural History Discourse and Captain Cook's A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World -- Chapter 6. Domesticating the Tropics: Tropical Flowers, Botanical Books, and the Culture of Collecting -- Epilogue: Decolonizing Garden History -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457363803321 |
Tobin Beth Fowkes
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| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Colonizing nature [[electronic resource] ] : the tropics in British arts and letters, 1760-1820 / / Beth Fowkes Tobin
| Colonizing nature [[electronic resource] ] : the tropics in British arts and letters, 1760-1820 / / Beth Fowkes Tobin |
| Autore | Tobin Beth Fowkes |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/3213 |
| Soggetto topico |
English literature - History and criticism
Gardening - History - 18th century Gardening - History - 19th century Gardening in literature Colonies in literature Nature in literature |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Cultural Studies
Literature |
| ISBN |
1-283-21208-0
9786613212085 0-8122-0368-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction: Troping the Tropics and Aestheticizing Labor -- Chapter 1. Tropical Bounty, Local Knowledge, and the Imperial Georgic -- Chapter 2. Provisional Economies: Slave Gardens in the Writings of British Sojourners -- Chapter 3. Land, Labor, and the English Garden Conversation Piece in India -- Chapter 4. Picturesque Ruins, Decaying Empires, and British Imperial Character in Hodges's Travels in India -- Chapter 5. Seeing, Writing, and Revision: Natural History Discourse and Captain Cook's A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World -- Chapter 6. Domesticating the Tropics: Tropical Flowers, Botanical Books, and the Culture of Collecting -- Epilogue: Decolonizing Garden History -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781883703321 |
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Tobin Beth Fowkes
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| Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Evaluating empire and confronting colonialism in eighteenth-century Britain / / Jack P. Greene [[electronic resource]]
| Evaluating empire and confronting colonialism in eighteenth-century Britain / / Jack P. Greene [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Greene Jack P. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 385 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 325/.34109033 |
| Soggetto topico |
Imperialism - Public opinion - History - 18th century
Discourse analysis - History - 18th century |
| ISBN |
1-139-61107-0
1-107-23757-2 1-139-62223-4 1-107-25493-0 1-139-61293-X 1-139-34383-1 1-139-61665-X 1-139-62595-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Prologue : "Scene of a foul transaction" : the languages of empire and the Carib War in St. Vincent -- "The principal cornucopia of Great-Britain's wealth" : the languages of commerce, liberty, security, and maritime supremacy and the celebration of empire -- Outposts of "loose vagrant people" : the language of alterity in the construction of empire -- "A fabric at once the dread and wonder of the world" : the languages of imperial grandeur, liberty, commerce, humanity, and justice and the American challenge to empire -- Arenas of "Asiatic plunder" : the languages of humanity and justice and the excesses of empire in India -- Sites of Creolean despotism : the languages of humanity and justice and the critique of colonial slavery and the African slave trade -- "A fruitless, bloody, wasting war" : the languages of imperial grandeur, liberty, humanity, and commerce in the American conflict -- "This voraginous gulph of Hibernian dependence" : the languages of oppression, corruption, justice, liberty, and humanity and the identification of imperial excesses in Ireland -- A "shadow of our former glory"? : The discussion of empire in the wake of American secession -- Epilogue : "Against every principle of justice, humanity, and whatever is allowed to be right among mankind" : standards of humanity and the evaluation of empire. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Evaluating Empire & Confronting Colonialism in Eighteenth-Century Britain |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462955503321 |
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Greene Jack P.
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Evaluating empire and confronting colonialism in eighteenth-century Britain / / Jack P. Greene [[electronic resource]]
| Evaluating empire and confronting colonialism in eighteenth-century Britain / / Jack P. Greene [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Greene Jack P. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 385 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 325/.34109033 |
| Soggetto topico |
Imperialism - Public opinion - History - 18th century
Discourse analysis - History - 18th century |
| ISBN |
1-139-61107-0
1-107-23757-2 1-139-62223-4 1-107-25493-0 1-139-61293-X 1-139-34383-1 1-139-61665-X 1-139-62595-0 |
| Classificazione | HIS015000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Prologue : "Scene of a foul transaction" : the languages of empire and the Carib War in St. Vincent -- "The principal cornucopia of Great-Britain's wealth" : the languages of commerce, liberty, security, and maritime supremacy and the celebration of empire -- Outposts of "loose vagrant people" : the language of alterity in the construction of empire -- "A fabric at once the dread and wonder of the world" : the languages of imperial grandeur, liberty, commerce, humanity, and justice and the American challenge to empire -- Arenas of "Asiatic plunder" : the languages of humanity and justice and the excesses of empire in India -- Sites of Creolean despotism : the languages of humanity and justice and the critique of colonial slavery and the African slave trade -- "A fruitless, bloody, wasting war" : the languages of imperial grandeur, liberty, humanity, and commerce in the American conflict -- "This voraginous gulph of Hibernian dependence" : the languages of oppression, corruption, justice, liberty, and humanity and the identification of imperial excesses in Ireland -- A "shadow of our former glory"? : The discussion of empire in the wake of American secession -- Epilogue : "Against every principle of justice, humanity, and whatever is allowed to be right among mankind" : standards of humanity and the evaluation of empire. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Evaluating Empire & Confronting Colonialism in Eighteenth-Century Britain |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786722503321 |
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Greene Jack P.
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Evaluating empire and confronting colonialism in eighteenth-century Britain / / Jack P. Greene [[electronic resource]]
| Evaluating empire and confronting colonialism in eighteenth-century Britain / / Jack P. Greene [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Greene Jack P. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 385 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 325/.34109033 |
| Soggetto topico |
Imperialism - Public opinion - History - 18th century
Discourse analysis - History - 18th century |
| ISBN |
1-139-61107-0
1-107-23757-2 1-139-62223-4 1-107-25493-0 1-139-61293-X 1-139-34383-1 1-139-61665-X 1-139-62595-0 |
| Classificazione | HIS015000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Prologue : "Scene of a foul transaction" : the languages of empire and the Carib War in St. Vincent -- "The principal cornucopia of Great-Britain's wealth" : the languages of commerce, liberty, security, and maritime supremacy and the celebration of empire -- Outposts of "loose vagrant people" : the language of alterity in the construction of empire -- "A fabric at once the dread and wonder of the world" : the languages of imperial grandeur, liberty, commerce, humanity, and justice and the American challenge to empire -- Arenas of "Asiatic plunder" : the languages of humanity and justice and the excesses of empire in India -- Sites of Creolean despotism : the languages of humanity and justice and the critique of colonial slavery and the African slave trade -- "A fruitless, bloody, wasting war" : the languages of imperial grandeur, liberty, humanity, and commerce in the American conflict -- "This voraginous gulph of Hibernian dependence" : the languages of oppression, corruption, justice, liberty, and humanity and the identification of imperial excesses in Ireland -- A "shadow of our former glory"? : The discussion of empire in the wake of American secession -- Epilogue : "Against every principle of justice, humanity, and whatever is allowed to be right among mankind" : standards of humanity and the evaluation of empire. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Evaluating Empire & Confronting Colonialism in Eighteenth-Century Britain |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811496403321 |
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Greene Jack P.
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The island race : Englishness, empire and gender in the eighteenth century / / Kathleen Wilson
| The island race : Englishness, empire and gender in the eighteenth century / / Kathleen Wilson |
| Autore | Wilson Kathleen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (299 p.) |
| Disciplina | 909/.097124107 |
| Soggetto topico |
National characteristics, English - History - 18th century
Sex role - England - History - 18th century Imperialism - History - 18th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-415-15896-6
1-315-00580-8 1-136-20857-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; The Island Race; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures and maps; Preface and acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction: Nations, empires and identities in the eighteenth century; 1 Citizenship, empire and modernity in the English provinces; 2 The island race: Captain Cook and English ethnicity; 3 Britannia into battle: Women, war and identities in England and America; 4 The Black Widow: Gender, race and performance in England and Jamaica; 5 Breasts, sodomy and the lash: Masculinity and enlightenment aboard the Cook voyages
Epilogue: ""Save the Stones!"" King Alfred and the performance of originsNotes; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458284903321 |
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Wilson Kathleen
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The island race : Englishness, empire and gender in the eighteenth century / / Kathleen Wilson
| The island race : Englishness, empire and gender in the eighteenth century / / Kathleen Wilson |
| Autore | Wilson Kathleen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (299 p.) |
| Disciplina | 909/.097124107 |
| Soggetto topico |
National characteristics, English - History - 18th century
Sex role - England - History - 18th century Imperialism - History - 18th century |
| ISBN |
1-136-20864-X
0-415-15896-6 1-315-00580-8 1-136-20857-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; The Island Race; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures and maps; Preface and acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction: Nations, empires and identities in the eighteenth century; 1 Citizenship, empire and modernity in the English provinces; 2 The island race: Captain Cook and English ethnicity; 3 Britannia into battle: Women, war and identities in England and America; 4 The Black Widow: Gender, race and performance in England and Jamaica; 5 Breasts, sodomy and the lash: Masculinity and enlightenment aboard the Cook voyages
Epilogue: ""Save the Stones!"" King Alfred and the performance of originsNotes; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791185203321 |
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Wilson Kathleen
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| London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The persistence of empire : British political culture in the age of the American Revolution / / Eliga H. Gould
| The persistence of empire : British political culture in the age of the American Revolution / / Eliga H. Gould |
| Autore | Gould Eliga H |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Disciplina | 941.07/3 |
| ISBN | 0-8078-9987-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797704003321 |
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Gould Eliga H
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| The University of North Carolina Press | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Romantic Literature, Race, and Colonial Encounter [[electronic resource] /] / by P. Kitson
| Romantic Literature, Race, and Colonial Encounter [[electronic resource] /] / by P. Kitson |
| Autore | Kitson P |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2007.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (270 p.) |
| Disciplina | 809 |
| Collana | Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters |
| Soggetto topico |
Literature—Philosophy
Culture—Study and teaching British literature Literature, Modern—19th century Literature, Modern—18th century Literature, Modern Literary Theory Cultural Theory British and Irish Literature Nineteenth-Century Literature Eighteenth-Century Literature Early Modern/Renaissance Literature |
| ISBN | 1-137-10920-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half-Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Race Idea and the Romantics: Coleridge and De Quincey; 2 Romantic Anatomies of Race: The New Comparative Anatomy and the Case of Victor Frankenstein; 3 "Candid Reflections:" The Idea of Race in the Debate over the Slave Trade and Slavery in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries; 4 Romanticism, Race, and Cannibalism in the "South Seas"; 5 Romantic Sinopolitans: Natural Philosophers, Travelers, Diplomats, and Missionaries; 6 Tartars, Monguls, Manchus, and Chinese; Notes
BibliographyIndex |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798122303321 |
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Kitson P
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| New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The round table movement and the fall of the 'Second' British Empire (1909-1919) / / by Andrea Bosco
| The round table movement and the fall of the 'Second' British Empire (1909-1919) / / by Andrea Bosco |
| Autore | Bosco Andrea |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (546 pages) |
| Disciplina | 909.097124107 |
| ISBN | 1-4438-6999-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910158585103321 |
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Bosco Andrea
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| Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2017 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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