British imperial literature, 1870-1940 writing and the administration of empire
Beginning with a discussion of the bureaucratic imperialism of Lord Cromer, who promoted the imperial governing doctrine of Indirect Rule at the turn of the last century, Daniel Bivona's study traces the more gradual process by which the colonial bureaucratic subject, the figure whose work is r...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
1998.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38472545*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Agents and the problem of agency: the context
- Why Africa needs Europe: from Livingstone to Stanley
- Kipling's "Law" and the division of bureaucratic labor
- Cromer, Gordon, Conrad and the problem of imperial character
- T.E. Lawrence and the erotics of imperial discipline
- Resurrecting individualism: the interwar novel of imperial manners
- Conclusion: work as rule.
