During the last 30 years of the 19th century the British Empire increased enormously and by 1900 the Empire covered a fifth of the world's land surface. In Britain itself, the growth of Empire came to the centre of the political debate and was applauded by a large sympathetic press. Two sides of imperialism had emerged - the acquisition of territory and a campaign of propaganda to make imperialism "popular". Both are the subject of this book. "The Language of Empire" decribes how the Empire was constructed, given shape and ...
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During the last 30 years of the 19th century the British Empire increased enormously and by 1900 the Empire covered a fifth of the world's land surface. In Britain itself, the growth of Empire came to the centre of the political debate and was applauded by a large sympathetic press. Two sides of imperialism had emerged - the acquisition of territory and a campaign of propaganda to make imperialism "popular". Both are the subject of this book. "The Language of Empire" decribes how the Empire was constructed, given shape and meaning, for its contemporaries. The author explores how the imperial "story" was imagined and how the day to day activities of its participants were understood. He focuses on both the face of Empire as it was presented to the public, and on the lives of individual imperial soldiers or adventurers, exploring how the idea of Empire gave meaning to the actions of its participants. The author defines the role of discourse in determining this perception of reality - looking at the construction of Empire through the high body of popular texts ranging from fiction, poetry and children's stories to history and biography.
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Very Good Minus in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with no tears, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards with minor scuff to the top of the spine; One faint blemish to the right textblock edge, otherwise clean textblock edges; Gift inscription to the first endpaper, otherwise the endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Medium Format (8.5"-9.75" tall); 1.3 lbs; Red dust jacket with drawing of battle scene, and title in black lettering on a white background; 1994, Manchester University Press; 268 pages; "The Language of Empire: Myths and Metaphors of Popular Imperialism, 1880-1918 (Studies in Imperialism), " by Robert H. MacDonald.
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Good jacket. A used hardcover with some markings/highlighting. Dust jacket has some wear around the edges but is now in a mylar wrapper. Binding is tight.
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