Other Empire : Metropolis, India and Progress in the Colonial Imagination.
Title:
Other Empire : Metropolis, India and Progress in the Colonial Imagination.
Author:
Marriott, John.
ISBN:
9781847790613
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (254 pages)
Series:
Studies in Imperialism
Contents:
Contents -- General editor's introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: metropolis and India -- 1 The antinomies of progress -- 2 Desarts of Africa or Arabia -- 3 The intimate connexion -- 4 A complete cyclopaedia -- 5 So immense an empire -- 6 In darkest England -- 7 The great museum of races -- Conclusion -- Index.
Abstract:
This is a detailed study of the various ways in which London and India were imaginatively constructed by British observers during the nineteenth century. This process took place within a unified field of knowledge that brought together travel and evangeli.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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