UID:
almafu_9959228362302883
Format:
1 online resource (311 p.)
ISBN:
0-300-18681-9
Content:
In this work, historian Stephanie Barczewski argues that Britain's embrace of heroic failure initially helped to gloss over the moral ambiguities of imperial expansion. Later, it became a strategy for coming to terms with diminishment and loss. Filled with compelling, moving, and often humourous stories from history, Barczewski's survey offers a fresh way of thinking about the continuing legacy of empire in British culture today.
Note:
Includes index.
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --
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INTRODUCTION --
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CHAPTER ONE. HEROIC FAILURE IN BRITAIN PRIOR TO 1850 --
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CHAPTER TWO. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN --
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CHAPTER THREE. THE CHARGE --
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CHAPTER FIVE. THE ‘LAST STAND’ --
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CHAPTER SIX GENERAL GORDON --
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CHAPTER SEVEN. CAPTAIN SCOTT --
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CONCLUSION --
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NOTES --
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ARCHIVAL SOURCES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING --
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INDEX --
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ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-300-18006-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300186819
