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Empires of the imagination : politics, war and the arts in the British world, 1750-1850 / Holger Hoock.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Profile Books, 2010.Description: xxx, 514 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781861978592
  • 1861978596
Other title:
  • Politics, war and the arts in the British world, 1750-1850
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 941.073
LOC classification:
  • 322 DA 485 H776e 2010
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 322 DA 485 H776e 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000078636

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.

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