Berny Sèbe

Heroic imperialists in Africa (eBook, ePUB)

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

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bonnier Books UK
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526103512
• Artikelnr.: 48795985

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