The other empire : metropolis, India, and progress in the colonial imagination

The other empire metropolis, India, and progress in the colonial imagination

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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 evangelical accounts to exert a formative influence o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Marriott, John, 1944- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave 2003.
Edición:MSI edition
Colección:Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
Materias:
Urban poor > England > London > History > 19th century.
Social change > England > London > History > 19th century.
Urban poor > India > History > 19th century.
Social change > India > History > 19th century.
Imperialism > History > 19th century.
London (England) > Social conditions.
India > Social conditions.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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