The Rhetoric of Empire: Colonial Discourse in Journalism, Travel Writing, and Imperial Administration 9780822398646

The white man's burden, darkest Africa, the seduction of the primitive: such phrases were widespread in the languag

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The Rhetoric of Empire: Colonial Discourse in Journalism, Travel Writing, and Imperial Administration
9780822398646

In a significant reevaluation of Paul’s place in the early Christian story, Timothy Luckritz Marquis explores the theme

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Indian Travel Writing in the Age of Empire studies a variety of travel narratives by Indian kings, evangelists, statesme

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Shadows of Empire explores Javanese shadow theater as a staging area for negotiations between colonial power and indigen

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Shadows of Empire explores Javanese shadow theater as a staging area for negotiations between colonial power and indigen

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Wit has many uses in political discourse—to entertain, to underscore or unmask, to hinder or enhance insight. Wit and th

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Many reasons can be given for the rise of Christianity in late antiquity and its flourishing in the medieval world. In a

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Many reasons can be given for the rise of Christianity in late antiquity and its flourishing in the medieval world. In a

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This unique study argues that in the Qin-Han period, there arose in China a regime of textual authority_one that overlap

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