Exhibiting the Empire: Cultures of display and the British Empire
Mar 2017 · Studies in Imperialism Book 130 · Manchester University Press
Ebook
304
Pages
About this ebook
Exhibiting the empire considers how a whole range of cultural products – from paintings, prints, photographs, panoramas and ‘popular’ texts to ephemera, newspapers and the press, theatre and music, exhibitions, institutions and architecture – were used to record, celebrate and question the development of the British Empire. It represents a significant and original contribution to our understanding of the relationship between culture and empire. Written by leading scholars from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, individual chapters bring fresh perspectives to the interpretation of media, material culture and display, and their interaction with history. Taken together, this collection suggests that the history of empire needs to be, in part at least, a history of display and of reception.
This book will be essential reading for scholars and students interested in British history, the history of empire, art history and the history of museums and collecting.
This book will be essential reading for scholars and students interested in British history, the history of empire, art history and the history of museums and collecting.
Exhibiting the empire considers how a whole range of cultural products – from paintings, prints, photographs, panoramas and ‘popular’ texts to ephemera, newspapers and the press, theatre and music, exhibitions, institutions and architecture – were used to record, celebrate and question the develo...
Discover more
About the author
John McAleer is Lecturer in History at the University of Southampton
John M. MacKenzie is Emeritus Professor of Imperial History at Lancaster University and holds Honorary Professorships at the Universities of Aberdeen, St Andrews and Stirling, as well as an Honorary Fellowship at Edinburgh University
John McAleer is Lecturer in History at the University of Southampton
John M. MacKenzie is Emeritus Professor of Imperial History at Lancaster University and holds Honorary Professorships at the Universities of Aberdeen, St Andrews and Stirling, as well as an Honorary Fellowship at Edinburgh Univ...
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
