Imperial Spoils

Author : Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : Hill & Wang
ISBN 13 : 9780809041893
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imperial Spoils written by Christopher Hitchens and published by Hill & Wang. This book was released on 1988 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the Parthenon, explains how and why its sculptures and friezes were taken to Britain, and discusses the arguments for returning them

Author : Henri Bourssa
Publisher : [s.l. : s.n.], 1916 (Montreal : Le Devoir)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.8Y/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Independence Or Imperial Partnership? written by Henri Bourssa and published by [s.l. : s.n.], 1916 (Montreal : Le Devoir). This book was released on 1916 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles J. Esdaile
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806187999
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Outpost of Empire written by Charles J. Esdaile and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-03-18 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Napoleon’s forces invaded Spain in 1808, but two years went by before they overran the southern region of Andalucía. Situated at the farthest frontier of Napoleon’s “outer empire,” Andalucía remained under French control only briefly—for two-and-a-half years—and never experienced the normal functions of French rule. In this groundbreaking examination of the Peninsular War, Charles J. Esdaile moves beyond traditional military history to examine the French occupation of Andalucía and the origins and results of the region’s complex and chaotic response. Disillusioned by the Spanish provisional government and largely unprotected, Andalucía scarcely fired a shot in its defense when Joseph Bonaparte’s army invaded the region in 1810. The subsequent French occupation, however, broke down in the face of multiple difficulties, the most important of which were geography and the continued presence in the region of substantial forces of regular troops. Drawing on British, French, and Spanish sources that are all but unknown, Esdaile describes the social, cultural, geographical, political, and military conditions that combined to make Andalucía particularly resistant to French rule. Esdaile’s study is a significant contribution to the new field sometimes known as occupation studies, which focuses on the ways a victorious army attempts to reconcile a conquered populace to the new political order. Combining military history with political and social history, Outpost of Empire delineates what we now call the cultural terrain of war. This is history that moves from battles between armies to battles for hearts and minds.

Author : Jessie Reeder
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 1421438070
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Forms of Informal Empire written by Jessie Reeder and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reeder's comparative approach provides a new vision of imperial power and makes a forceful case for expanding the archive of British literary studies.

Author : David Starr Jordan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imperial Democracy written by David Starr Jordan and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Geoffrey Ellis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317874692
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Napoleon written by Geoffrey Ellis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This invaluable account provides an excellent introduction to the nature and mechanics of Napoleon's power, and how he used it. It explores Napoleon's rise to fame as a soldier of the French Revolution and his aims and achievements as first consul and emperor during the years 1799-1815.

Author : Henrietta Lidchi
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526139227
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dividing the spoils written by Henrietta Lidchi and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time of heightened international interest in the colonial dimensions of museum collections, Dividing the Spoils provides new perspectives on the motivations and circumstances whereby collections were appropriated and acquired during colonial military service. Combining approaches from the fields of material anthropology, imperial and military history, this book argues for a deeper examination of these collections within a range of intercultural histories that include alliance, diplomacy, curiosity and enquiry, as well as expropriation and cultural hegemony. As museums across Europe reckon with the post-colonial legacies of their collections, Dividing the Spoils explores how the amassing of objects was understood and governed in British military culture, and considers how objects functioned in museum collections thereafter, suggesting new avenues for sustained investigation in a controversial, contested field.

Author : Jeremy Paxman
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0670919608
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Empire written by Jeremy Paxman and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The English comes Empire, Jeremy Paxman's history of the British Empire accompanied by a flagship 5-part BBC TV series, for readers of Simon Schama and Andrew Marr. The influence of the British Empire is everywhere, from the very existence of the United Kingdom to the ethnic composition of our cities. It affects everything, from Prime Ministers' decisions to send troops to war to the adventurers we admire. From the sports we think we're good at to the architecture of our buildings; the way we travel to the way we trade; the hopeless losers we will on, and the food we hunger for, the empire is never very far away. In this acute and witty analysis, Jeremy Paxman goes to the very heart of empire. As he describes the selection process for colonial officers ('intended to weed out the cad, the feeble and the too clever') the importance of sport, the sweating domestic life of the colonial officer's wife ('the challenge with cooking meat was "to grasp the fleeting moment between toughness and putrefaction when the joint may possibly prove eatable"') and the crazed end for General Gordon of Khartoum, Paxman brings brilliantly to life the tragedy and comedy of Empire and reveals its profound and lasting effect on our nation and ourselves. 'Paxman is witty, incisive, acerbic and opinionated . . . In short, he carries the whole thing off with panache bordering on effrontery' Piers Brendon, Sunday Times 'Paxman is a magnificent historian, and Empire may be remembered as his finest work' Independent on Sunday Jeremy Paxman was born in Yorkshire and educated at Cambridge. He is an award-winning journalist who spent ten years reporting from overseas, notably for Panorama. He is the author of five books including The English. He is the presenter of Newsnight and University Challenge and has presented BBC documentaries on various subjects including Victorian art and Wilfred Owen.

Author : Adolphe Thiers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon written by Adolphe Thiers and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Burton Adams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Empire and a League of Peace written by George Burton Adams and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: