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Magic lantern empire : colonialism and society in Germany /

"Magic Lantern Empire examines German colonialism as a mass cultural and political phenomenon unfolding at the center of a nascent, conflicted German modernity. John Phillip Short draws together strands of propaganda and visual culture, science and fantasy to show how colonialism developed as a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Short, John Phillip, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : empire as world and idea : colonialism and society in Germany
  • Estrangement : structures and limits of the colonial public sphere
  • World of work, world of goods : propaganda and the formation of its object
  • No place in the sun : the people's empire
  • Carnival knowledge : enlightenment and distraction in the field of culture
  • Ethnographic-fantastic : working-class readers at the colonial library
  • The Hottentot elections : colonial politics, socialist politics
  • Conclusion : magic lantern empire : reflections on colonialism and society.