Edge of empire : lives, culture, and conquest in the East, 1750-1850
2006
941.07 J37 2005
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Title
Edge of empire : lives, culture, and conquest in the East, 1750-1850
Published
New York : Vintage Books, 2006.
Description
IX, 404 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 21 cm.
Call Number
941.07 J37 2005
System Control No.
(OCoLC)72808339
Note
First published in 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-385) and index.
Contents: Introduction: a world of empires, an empire of the world -- Conquests: War of the world ; Trade to conquest ; Clive of India, clive of Britain ; Empire unmasked -- Crossings: Beyond the frontier ; Chameleon capital ; Orientalists? ; Connoisseurs? -- Compromises: Going un-native ; Settling ; Staying on ; Legacies -- Invading Egypt: A new war, a new empire ; Westward bound ; Empire by design ; Abdallah Bonaparte -- Seizing Seringapatam: Citizen Tipu ; L'Alliance Française ; A dangerous liaison ; The fall, and after -- The objects of victory: Trophies ; A tropical grand tour ; From Kaveri to Nile -- Rivals: Expansion under cover ; War and piece ; Personal and political ; An amateur abroad -- Removals: The partisans ; The patriot ; A clash of reinventions ; Gentlemen and capitalists -- Recoveries: The two Egypts ; France redux ; Preservers and destroyers ; Collecting back -- Conclusion: collecting an empire.
L2015M113
Jasanoff delves into the stories behind vestiges such as these to uncover the lives of people who lived on the frontiers of the British Empire during a pivotal century of its formation. She traces the exploits of collectors to tell an intimate history of imperialism, offering a fresh account of European imperialism that challenges received wisdom about how imperial power was asserted in Asia and the Middle East. This book enters a world where people lived, loved, mingled, and identified with one another in ways richer and more complex than we might have believed possible--From publisher description.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-385) and index.
Contents: Introduction: a world of empires, an empire of the world -- Conquests: War of the world ; Trade to conquest ; Clive of India, clive of Britain ; Empire unmasked -- Crossings: Beyond the frontier ; Chameleon capital ; Orientalists? ; Connoisseurs? -- Compromises: Going un-native ; Settling ; Staying on ; Legacies -- Invading Egypt: A new war, a new empire ; Westward bound ; Empire by design ; Abdallah Bonaparte -- Seizing Seringapatam: Citizen Tipu ; L'Alliance Française ; A dangerous liaison ; The fall, and after -- The objects of victory: Trophies ; A tropical grand tour ; From Kaveri to Nile -- Rivals: Expansion under cover ; War and piece ; Personal and political ; An amateur abroad -- Removals: The partisans ; The patriot ; A clash of reinventions ; Gentlemen and capitalists -- Recoveries: The two Egypts ; France redux ; Preservers and destroyers ; Collecting back -- Conclusion: collecting an empire.
L2015M113
Jasanoff delves into the stories behind vestiges such as these to uncover the lives of people who lived on the frontiers of the British Empire during a pivotal century of its formation. She traces the exploits of collectors to tell an intimate history of imperialism, offering a fresh account of European imperialism that challenges received wisdom about how imperial power was asserted in Asia and the Middle East. This book enters a world where people lived, loved, mingled, and identified with one another in ways richer and more complex than we might have believed possible--From publisher description.
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