Gender Race And The Writing Of Empire

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An examination of the impact of ideas of race and gender on late Victorian imperialism.

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Genre : History
Author : Paula M. Krebs
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2004-08-26
File : 224 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0521607728


Travel Writing Form And Empire

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This collection of essays is an important contribution to travel writing studies -- looking beyond the explicitly political questions of postcolonial and gender discourses, it considers the form, poetics, institutions and reception of travel writing in the history of empire and its aftermath. Starting from the premise that travel writing studies has received much of its impetus and theoretical input from the sometimes overgeneralized precepts of postcolonial studies and gender studies, this collection aims to explore more widely and more locally the expression of imperialist discourse in travel writing, and also to locate within contemporary travel writing attempts to evade or re-engage with the power politics of such discourse. There is a double focus then to explore further postcolonial theory in European travel writing (Anglophone, Francophone and Hispanic), and to trace the emergence of postcolonial forms of travel writing. The thread that draws the two halves of the collection together is an interest in form and relations between form and travel.

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Genre : Literary Criticism
Author : Julia Kuehn
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2008-11-19
File : 464 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781135894542


The Grammar Of Empire In Eighteenth Century British Writing

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This study, first published in 2000, examines the role of language as an instrument of empire in eighteenth-century British literature.

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Genre : History
Author : Janet Sorensen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2000-10-19
File : 350 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0521653274


The Empire Writes Back

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This was the first major theoretical account of a wide range of post-colonial texts and their relation to the larger issues of post-colonial culture, and remains one of the most significant works published in this field.

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Genre : Colonies in literature
Author : Bill Ashcroft
Publisher : Psychology Press
Release : 2002
File : 304 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0415280206


The Inhuman Empire

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This book is a study of selected texts of British writings on Indian wildlife published between 1860 and 1960. Set in the context of British colonial rule in India, this book also reflects on similar situations across the British Empire and other colonial empires. The destruction of wildlife in the making of empires is a subject not yet fully explored in scholarship. This book aims to speak to global concerns regarding the extinction of several species and shows that the crisis has international roots. The Inhuman Empire breaks new grounds as it juxtaposes colonial narratives to folk narratives. These two types of narratives treat nonhuman animals very differently – folk narrative considers them sentient beings, while colonial narratives see them as ‘game’ and do not care for their sentience. Both types of narratives are further evaluated with reference to the contemporary position of natural sciences regarding animal sentience and of anthropologists and philosophers regarding the relationship between nature and culture. Analyzing colonial accounts of hunting, the author looks at the pain and suffering of nonhuman animals and combines statistics alongside narratives of British writers, Indian populace and nonhuman animals in order to show narratives' reflect and impact reality. This book will be of great value to those interested in Animal Studies, Folkloristics, the history of Colonialism and India.

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Genre : History
Author : Sadhana Naithani
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Release : 2024-05-20
File : 186 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781040023488


The Oxford World History Of Empire

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This is the first world history of empire, reaching from the third millennium BCE to the present. By combining synthetic surveys, thematic comparative essays, and numerous chapters on specific empires, its two volumes provide unparalleled coverage of imperialism throughout history and across continents, from Asia to Europe and from Africa to the Americas. Only a few decades ago empire was believed to be a thing of the past; now it is clear that it has been and remains one of the most enduring forms of political organization and power. We cannot understand the dynamics and resilience of empire without moving decisively beyond the study of individual cases or particular periods, such as the relatively short age of European colonialism. The history of empire, as these volumes amply demonstrate, needs to be drawn on the much broader canvas of global history. Volume Two: The History of Empires tracks the protean history of political domination from the very beginnings of state formation in the Bronze Age up to the present. Case studies deal with the full range of the historical experience of empire, from the realms of the Achaemenids and Asoka to the empires of Mali and Songhay, and from ancient Rome and China to the Mughals, American settler colonialism, and the Soviet Union. Forty-five chapters detailing the history of individual empires are tied together by a set of global synthesizing surveys that structure the world history of empire into eight chronological phases.

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Genre : History
Author : Peter Fibiger Bang
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Release : 2020-12-16
File : 1353 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780197532768


Sources And Methods In Histories Of Colonialism

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This book facilitates a deeper understanding of the challenges of working with a range of specific source genres within imperial and colonial archives. Drawing material from a range of modern empires from the late 18th century to the present day, chapters consider the ways in which newer ways of thinking about the past have challenged more traditional views of ‘the archive’, provoking questions about what archives are and where their conceptual, geographical and chronological boundaries lie. Examining a wide selection of source material including government papers, censuses, petitions and case files, this book will be essential reading for students of imperial and colonial history.

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Genre : History
Author : Kirsty Reid
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Release : 2017-03-27
File : 212 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781351986632


Writing And Power In The Roman World

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This book focuses on the material practice of ancient literacy through a contextual examination of Roman writing equipment.

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Genre : History
Author : Hella Eckardt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2018
File : 293 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781108418058


The Normans And Empire

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An interpretative analysis of the history of the cross-Channel empire from 1066 to 1204.

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Genre : History
Author : David Bates
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Release : 2013-12
File : 254 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780199674411


The Mongol Empire 2 Volumes

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Covering the rise and fall of the Mongol Empire, this essential reference presents the figures, places, and events that led this once-beleaguered region to rise up to become the largest contiguous empire in history. In the 13th century, Chinggis Khan rose to power, leading an empire of a million people and defeating surrounding regions with much larger populations. This compendium follows the achievements—and failures—of the Mongol Empire from the birth of Chinggis Khan in 1162 to the formation of the successor states that came from the dissolution of the world power in the 16th century: the Yuan Empire in East Asia; the Chaghatai Khanate in Central Asia; the Ilkhanate in the Middle East; and the Jochid or Kipchak Khanate in the Pontic-Caspian Steppes, known as the Golden Horde. Through some 180 entries, this two-volume set covers every aspect of Mongol civilization, organizing content into eight sections: government and politics, organization and administration, individuals, groups and organizations, key events, military, objects and artifacts, and key places. Each section is accompanied by an essay introducing the topic in the context of the Mongol Empire. The work also includes a chronology, a number of annotated primary documents, and a bibliography.

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Genre : History
Author : Timothy May
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release : 2016-11-07
File : 678 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781610693400