Empires of the imagination : politics, war and the arts in the British world, 1750-1850 /
Hoock, Holger.
Empires of the imagination : politics, war and the arts in the British world, 1750-1850 / Politics, war and the arts in the British world, 1750-1850 Holger Hoock. - London : Profile Books, 2010. - xxx, 514 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-488) and index.
Introduction : Sinews of power and empires of the imagination -- War, art and commemoration (c.1750-1815): America ; The art of remembering and forgetting ; Transatlantic journeys -- Britain, Europe, Empire: 'Pretensions to permanency' ; Modern heroes -- Empire, archaeology, and collecting (c.1760-c.1850): The Mediterranean and the Near East ; India -- Capital of culture (1815-c.1850: Pomp and circumstance in London -- Conclusions: Cultural politics, state, war, and empire -- Epilogue: Empires imagined at the Great Exhibition.
9781861978592 1861978596
2010398429
GBA9A9448 bnb
015415867 Uk
Geschichte 1750-1850
Art and state--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Art and state--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Politische Kultur
Kèunste
Great Britain--Civilization--19th century.
Great Britain--Civilization--18th century.
GroÇbritannien
322 DA 485 / H776e 2010
941.073
Empires of the imagination : politics, war and the arts in the British world, 1750-1850 / Politics, war and the arts in the British world, 1750-1850 Holger Hoock. - London : Profile Books, 2010. - xxx, 514 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 397-488) and index.
Introduction : Sinews of power and empires of the imagination -- War, art and commemoration (c.1750-1815): America ; The art of remembering and forgetting ; Transatlantic journeys -- Britain, Europe, Empire: 'Pretensions to permanency' ; Modern heroes -- Empire, archaeology, and collecting (c.1760-c.1850): The Mediterranean and the Near East ; India -- Capital of culture (1815-c.1850: Pomp and circumstance in London -- Conclusions: Cultural politics, state, war, and empire -- Epilogue: Empires imagined at the Great Exhibition.
9781861978592 1861978596
2010398429
GBA9A9448 bnb
015415867 Uk
Geschichte 1750-1850
Art and state--History--Great Britain--18th century.
Art and state--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Politische Kultur
Kèunste
Great Britain--Civilization--19th century.
Great Britain--Civilization--18th century.
GroÇbritannien
322 DA 485 / H776e 2010
941.073