In this Book
- Heroic imperialists in Africa: The promotion of British and French colonial heroes, 1870–1939
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Manchester University Press
summary
From the height of ‘New Imperialism’ until the Second World War, three generations of heroes of the British and French empires in Africa were selected, manufactured and packaged for consumption by a metropolitan public eager to discover new horizons and to find comfort in the concept of a ‘civilising mission’. This book looks at imperial heroism by examining the legends of a dozen major colonial figures on both sides of the Channel, revisiting the familiar stories of Livingstone, Gordon and Kitchener from a radically new angle, and throwing light on their French counterparts, often less famous in the Anglophone world but certainly equally fascinating.
Table of Contents
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- List of figures
- pp. ix-x
- List of tables
- pp. xi-xii
- General editor’s introduction
- pp. xiii-xvi
- Acknowledgements
- pp. xvii-xx
- Abbreviations and conventions
- pp. xxi-xxii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-24
- PART I Contexts
- PART II Uses
- 4 Imperial heroes and domestic politics
- pp. 139-173
- PART III Case studies
- Conclusion
- pp. 290-303
- Biographical sketches
- pp. 304-320
Additional Information
ISBN
9781526103505
Related ISBN(s)
9780719084928, 9780719097515
MARC Record
OCLC
981867175
Pages
304
Launched on MUSE
2017-04-09
Language
English
Open Access
No