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Author:

Hagerman, Christopher, 1971-

Title:

Britain's imperial muse : the classics and Britain's Indian empire, 1784-1914 / Christopher Hagerman, Assistant Professor of History, Albion College, Michigan, USA.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

ix, 266 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
British--India--History.
Classicism--Political aspects--Great Britain.
Discourse analysis--Political aspects--Great Britain.
Elite (Social sciences)--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Relations--India.
India--Relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--History.--History.
Great Britain--Intellectual life.
Imperialism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Classical education and Britain's imperial elite -- Empires and imperialism in British classical discourse -- Classical discourse and British imperial identity: the nature of empire -- Classical discourse and British imperial identity: the civilizing mission -- Classical discourse and British imperial identity: the imperial character -- Classical discourse and the decline and fall of empires -- Classical discourse and British conceptions of India -- Classical discourse in British India I: coping with life in India -- Classical discourse in British India II: secret knowledge.

ISBN:

0230278612
9780230278615

OCLC:

(OCoLC)820434180

LCCN:

2013010742

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)