Screen LibraryRhetorics of empire : languages of colonial conflict after 1900 /
Stirring language and appeals to collective action were integral to the battles fought to defend empires and to destroy them. These wars of words used rhetoric to make their case. That rhetoric is the subject of this collection of essays exploring the arguments fought over empire in a wide variety o...
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Manchester University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Manchester : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Studies in imperialism
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| Summary: |
Stirring language and appeals to collective action were integral to the battles fought to defend empires and to destroy them. These wars of words used rhetoric to make their case. That rhetoric is the subject of this collection of essays exploring the arguments fought over empire in a wide variety of geographic, political, social and cultural contexts. Why did imperialist language remain so pervasive in Britain, France and elsewhere throughout much of the twentieth century? What rhetorical devices did political leaders, administrators, investors and lobbyists use to justify colonial dominati |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781526120489 (hardback) : 1526120488 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | JC359 |
| CLC: | D033.3-09 |
| Call Number: | D033.3-09/R472 |