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Author:

Burgess, Douglas R., Jr., author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005006161

Title:

Engines of empire : steamships and the Victorian imagination / Douglas R. Burgess, Jr.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

viii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Steamboats--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Steamboats--United States--History--19th century.
Steam-navigation--History--19th century.
Passenger ships--History--19th century.
Imperialism--History--19th century.
Tourism--History--19th century.
History.
1800-1899
Imperialism.
Passenger ships.
Steam-navigation.
Steamboats.
Tourism.
Great Britain.
United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-338) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : annihilating space -- Phantasmagoria : steam and spectacle in the public sphere -- Selling the Mammoth : the commodification of wonder -- Leviathans : ships as fantasy -- Honor and glory crowning time : disaster sermons and the cult of technology -- Ordinary escapes : American steamboats and the masquerade of class -- One small iron country : social hierarchies on the North Atlantic -- Vandals abroad : travelogues and the pleasure cruise -- The dollars are coming : steam tourism and the transformation of space -- Tiffin for griffins : educating imperial administrators on the long voyage -- The floating Kaiser : steamships and national identity -- Sitting in darkness : critiquing imperialism from the top deck -- Conclusion : transportation is civilization.

ISBN:

0804798060
9780804798068

OCLC:

(OCoLC)931226681

LCCN:

2015045652

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)