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Illustrating Empire: A Visual History of British Imperialism (The Bodleian Library - Visual History from the John Johnson Collection of Printe)
Ashley Jackson & David Tomkins
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paperback. Illustrating Empire tells the history of the British Empire through the ephemeral images used to promote, record, and celebrate its development. The narrative is told through more than 200 striking and original images accompanied by illuminating story captions which unlock the history and meaning behind the illustrations. Series: Visual History from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera. Num Pages: 224 pages, 228 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 213 x 21. Weight in Grams: 886. A Visual History of British Imperialism. Series: Visual History from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera. 224 pages, 228 colour illustrations. Illustrating Empire tells the history of the British Empire through the ephemeral images used to promote, record, and celebrate its development. The narrative is told through more than 200 striking and original images accompanied by illuminating story captions which unlock the history and meaning behind the illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDB; HBG; HBTQ; WCS. Dimension: 229 x 213 x 21. Weight: 894.
Illustrating Empire tells the history of the British Empire through the ephemeral images used to promote, record, and celebrate its development. The narrative is told through more than 200 striking and original images accompanied by illuminating story captions which unlock the history and meaning behind the illustrations.
Following a general introduction which provides an overarching discussion of Empire and its many facets, the book is structured around eight major themes associated with the British Empire and Britain’s encounter with non-Europeans: emigration and settlement; imperial authority; exploration and knowledge; trade and commerce; travel and communications; popular ... Read more
Illustrating Empire tells the history of the British Empire through the ephemeral images used to promote, record, and celebrate its development. The narrative is told through more than 200 striking and original images accompanied by illuminating story captions which unlock the history and meaning behind the illustrations.
Following a general introduction which provides an overarching discussion of Empire and its many facets, the book is structured around eight major themes associated with the British Empire and Britain’s encounter with non-Europeans: emigration and settlement; imperial authority; exploration and knowledge; trade and commerce; travel and communications; popular ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bodleian Library
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Visual History from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera
Condition
New
Weight
885g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851243341
SKU
V9781851243341
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About Ashley Jackson & David Tomkins
Professor of Imperial and Military History at King's College London, Visiting Fellow of Kellogg College Oxford David Tomkins is Project Manager of the JISC-funded projects Mapping Crime beyond the John Johnson Collection and Electronic Ephemera: digitised selections from the John Johnson Collection, both based at the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
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