Berny Sèbe

Heroic imperialists in Africa

The promotion of British and French colonial heroes, 1870-1939

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book looks at imperial heroes from behind the legends of a dozen major colonial figures on both sides of the Channel, revisiting the familiar stories from a radically new angle. It demonstrates how their reputations were made over several decades, and depicts the milieus and individuals who supported, and benefited from, these heroic stories.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 759g
• ISBN-13: 9780719084928
• ISBN-10: 071908492X
• Artikelnr.: 38078377

Autorenporträt

Berny Sèbe is Lecturer in Colonial and Postcolonial Studies at the University of Birmingham

Inhaltsangabe

General Editor's introduction Introduction I: Contexts 1. The emergence of
a new type of hero: British and French contexts 2. Imperial heroes and the
market I: the written world 3. Imperial heroes and the market II: the
audiovisual world II: Uses 4. Imperial heroes and domestic politics 5.
Cross-Channel Entente? The values embodied by imperial heroes III: Case
studies 6. The creation of the Marchand legend, 1895-1906 7. George
Warrington Steevens, Blackwood Publishers and the making of 'With Kitchener
to Khartoum' Conclusion Biographical sketches Index