Heroic imperialists in Africa : The promotion of British and French colonial heroes, 1870-1939 /

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From David Livingstone to Charles de Foucauld, from Pierre Savorgan de Brazza to General Gordon, from the 'Sirdar' Kitchener to Jean-Baptiste Marchand, imperial heroes came to captivate the imagination of their contemporaries. These standard-bearers of the 'civilising mission', a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sèbe, Berny (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York [New York] : Manchester University Press, 2013.
Series:Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Imperialism in popular culture > France > History > 20th century.
Imperialism in popular culture > France > History > 19th century.
Imperialism in popular culture > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Imperialism in popular culture > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Heroes > Press coverage > France.
Heroes > Press coverage > Great Britain.
France > Colonies > History > 20th century.
France > Colonies > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > History > 19th century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • part I. Contexts. The emergence of a new type of hero : British and French contexts
  • Imperial heroes and the market I : the printed world
  • Imperial heroes and the market II : the audiovisual world
  • part II. Uses. Imperial heroes and domestic politics
  • Cross-channel entente? : the values embodied by imperial heroes
  • part III. Case studies. The creation of the Marchand legend, 1895-1906
  • George Warrington Steevens, Blackwood Publishers and the making of With Kitchener to Khartoum.

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