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Evil, barbarism and empire Britain and abroad, C.1830 - 2000 /

Evil and barbarism continue to be associated with the totalitarian 'extremes' of twentieth-century Europe. Addressing domestic and imperial conflicts in modern Britain and beyond, as well as varied forms of representation, this volume explores the inter-relations of evil, atrocity and civi...

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Group Author: Crook, Tom, 1977; Gill, Rebecca; Taithe, Bertrand
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Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Imperialism > Government policy > History > 19th century > Great Britain
Imperialism > Government policy > History > 20th century > Great Britain
European history > c 1800 to c 1900 > 20th century
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 > c 1800 to c 1900 > 20th century
20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 > c 1800 to c 1900 > 20th century
Colonialism & imperialism > c 1800 to c 1900 > 20th century
History
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 19th century
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 20th century
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230319325
Summary: Evil and barbarism continue to be associated with the totalitarian 'extremes' of twentieth-century Europe. Addressing domestic and imperial conflicts in modern Britain and beyond, as well as varied forms of representation, this volume explores the inter-relations of evil, atrocity and civilizational prejudice within liberal cultures of governance.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780230241275, 2011.
Carrier Form: 304 p.
Audience: Undergraduate.
ISBN: 9780230241275
9780230319325 :
0230319327 :
CLC: K5
Contents: List of Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Liberal Civilisation and its Discontents: Evil, Barbarism and Empire-- T.Crook, R.Gill & B.Taithe PART I: METROPOLITAN EVILS Evil in Question: The Victorian Social and the Politics of Prostitution, 1830-1900-- T.Crook Terror, Spectacle and the Press: Anarchist Outrage in Edwardian England-- D.Speicher 'And I am the God of Destruction!': Fu Manchu and the Construction of Asiatic Evil in the Novels of Arthur Sarsfield Ward, 1912-1939-- A.Taylor PART II: IMPERIAL EVILS The Politics of Italianism: Reynolds's Newspaper, the Indian Mutiny, and

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