| Mid-Victorian Imperialists: British Gentlemen and the Empire of the Mind Contributor(s): Beasley, Edward (Author) |
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ISBN: 0714656984 ISBN-13: 9780714656984 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2005 Annotation: Throughout the nineteenth century The British Empire was the subject of much writing, floods of articles, books and government reports were produced about the areas under British control and the policy of imperialism. Mid-Victorian Imperialists investigates how Victorians made sense of all the information regarding the empire by examining the writings of a collection of gentlemen who were amongst the first people to join the Colonial Society in 1868-69. These men included imperial officials, lead settlers, British politicians and writers, and Beasely looks at the common trends in their beliefs about the British Empire and how their thoughts changed during their lives to show how Mid-Victorian theories of racial, cultural and political classification arose. The book focuses on the lives of particular men and their thoughts on empire to reveal how Victorian ideologies of imperialism came about. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Modern - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 909.097 |
| LCCN: 2004028868 |
| Series: British Foreign and Colonial Policy (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.12" W x 9.5" (1.08 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Throughout the nineteenth century the British Empire was the subject of much writing; floods of articles, books and government reports were produced about the areas under British control and the policy of imperialism. Mid-Victorian Imperialists investigates how the Victorians made sense of all the information regarding the empire by examining the writings of a collection of gentlemen who were amongst the first people to join the Colonial Society in 1868-69. These men included imperial officials, leading settlers, British politicians and writers, and Beasley looks at the common trends in their beliefs about the British Empire and how their thoughts changed during their lives to show how Mid-Victorian theories of racial, cultural and political classification arose. |