Rhetorics of Empire
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‘It is a pleasure to read a volume in which rhetoric is subject to such sustained scrutiny across such a wide range of modern imperial contexts…I would simply direct readers to an engaging collection of high-quality chapters focused on subjecting a single theme to sustained and invigorating scrutiny.’
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Christopher Prior, University of Southampton, Journal of contemporary History, Vol. 54, No. 2
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. Les mer
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Detaljer
- Forlag
- Manchester University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 272
- ISBN
- 9781526120489
- Utgivelsesår
- 2017
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
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«
‘It is a pleasure to read a volume in which rhetoric is subject to such sustained scrutiny across such a wide range of modern imperial contexts…I would simply direct readers to an engaging collection of high-quality chapters focused on subjecting a single theme to sustained and invigorating scrutiny.’
» .
Christopher Prior, University of Southampton, Journal of contemporary History, Vol. 54, No. 2