A Velvet Empire: French Informal Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century 0691171831, 9780691171838

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A Velvet Empire: French Informal Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century 9780691205342
A Velvet Empire: French Informal Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century 9780691205342

How France's elites used soft power to pursue their imperial ambitions in the nineteenth century After Napoleon�

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The Forms of Informal Empire: Britain, Latin America, and Nineteenth-Century Literature 2019036590, 9781421438061, 9781421438078, 9781421438085
The Forms of Informal Empire: Britain, Latin America, and Nineteenth-Century Literature 2019036590, 9781421438061, 9781421438078, 9781421438085

An ambitious comparative study of British and Latin American literature produced across a century of economic colonizati

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The Orient of the Boulevards: Exoticism, Empire, and Nineteenth-Century French Theater 9781512806809
The Orient of the Boulevards: Exoticism, Empire, and Nineteenth-Century French Theater 9781512806809

Mining rich archival resources of play-texts, censorship reports, critical reviews, and contemporary writings on perform

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Empire and mobility in the long nineteenth century 9781526126399
Empire and mobility in the long nineteenth century 9781526126399

Mobility was central to the construction, maintenance and dissolution of empires. This book reflects on the social, cult

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Taming Cannabis: Drugs and Empire in Nineteenth-Century France 9780228002550
Taming Cannabis: Drugs and Empire in Nineteenth-Century France 9780228002550

An exploration of the history of cannabis use and prohibition in the French imperial nation-state. Despite having the

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Brazil Through French Eyes : A Nineteenth-Century Artist in the Tropics [1 ed.] 9780826337467, 9780826337450
Brazil Through French Eyes : A Nineteenth-Century Artist in the Tropics [1 ed.] 9780826337467, 9780826337450

In 1858 François-Auguste Biard, a well-known sixty-year-old French artist, arrived in Brazil to explore and depict its j

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Empire in Asia: A New Global History Volume 2: The Long Nineteenth Century 9781472596048, 9781474295765, 9781472596062
Empire in Asia: A New Global History Volume 2: The Long Nineteenth Century 9781472596048, 9781474295765, 9781472596062

Asia was the principle focus of empire-builders from Alexander and Akbar to Chinggis Khan and Qianlong and yet, until no

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Empire in Asia: A New Global History: The Long Nineteenth Century [2] 9781472596666, 9781472596048, 9781472596062, 9781472596055
Empire in Asia: A New Global History: The Long Nineteenth Century [2] 9781472596666, 9781472596048, 9781472596062, 9781472596055

Asia was the principle focus of empire-builders from Alexander and Akbar to Chinggis Khan and Qianlong and yet, until no

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English Lessons: The Pedagogy of Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century China [Illustrated] 9780822331513
English Lessons: The Pedagogy of Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century China [Illustrated] 9780822331513

Inserting China into the history of nineteenth-century colonialism, English Lessons explores the ways that Euroamerican

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English Lessons: The Pedagogy of Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century China 9780822385066
English Lessons: The Pedagogy of Imperialism in Nineteenth-Century China 9780822385066

A re-evaluation of British Imperialism in nineteenth-century China from the perspective of postcolonial theory.

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