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Lost Lion of Empire

Author : Edward Paice
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Lion of Empire written by Edward Paice and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "By the age of twenty-two Grogan had been elected the youngest ever member of the Alpine Club and was a Matabele War veteran. But his prospects were far from certain when he fell in love with a young heiress and was required by her stepfather to prove himself a 'somebody' in order to win her hand. Grogan's response was typically unequivocal: he announced that he intended to be the first man to complete a south-to-north traverse of the African continent. In 1900, after almost three years of adventure and unimaginable hardship, he arrived triumphantly in Cairo, thus completing one of the most astonishing feats in the history of the African exploration. He became an instant celebrity and returned to London to marry his beloved Gertrude."--BOOK JACKET.

Tarzan and the Lost Empire

Author : Edgar Rice Burroughs
Publisher : eStar Books
ISBN 13 : 1612106374
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Tarzan and the Lost Empire written by Edgar Rice Burroughs and published by eStar Books. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric von Harben, the son of an old friend of Tarzan, has disappeared! Tarzan is on the trail to find him when he discovered a mysterious lost valley where two surviving outposts of ancient Rome survive, almost unchanged by time. Tarzan is thrust into the arena and must face a new enemy in the Emperor of Castra Sanguiarius.

Air empire

Author : Gordon Pirie
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526118491
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Air empire written by Gordon Pirie and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Air empire is a fresh study of civil aviation as a tool of late British imperialism. The first pioneering flights across the British empire in 1919-20 were flag-waving adventures that recreated an era of plucky British maritime exploration and conquest. Britain’s development of international air routes and services was approved, organised and celebrated largely in London; there was some resistance in and beyond the subordinate colonies and dominions. Negotiating the financing and geopolitics of regular commercial air service delayed its inception until the 1930s. Technological, managerial and logistical problems also meant that Britain was slow into the air and slow in the air. Propaganda concealed underperformance and criticism. The study uses archival sources, biographies, industry magazines and newspapers to chronicle the disputed progress toward air empire. The rhetoric behind imperial air service offers a glimpse of late imperial hopes, fears, attitudes and style. Empire air service had emotional appeal and symbolic value, but disappointed in practice.

British Imperialism

Author : Rob Johnson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350317519
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book British Imperialism written by Rob Johnson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was British imperialism and was it an important element of modern globalization? Were economic, political or military factors paramount in imperial expansion? Do post-colonial theories assist or mislead historians? How have histories of imperialism changed, and are current analyses satisfactory? Robert Johnson's invaluable guide offers a succint, easy-to-follow introduction to the key issues and historiography of British imperialism from its origins to the conversion to the Commonwealth. British Imperialism - Provides concise introductions to key questions and debates - Takes a question-based approach to analysis of the material - Offers an assessment of the significance of economic, military and political factors in imperial expansion and decolonization - Presents critical appraisals of the most recent controversies including neo-colonialism, cultural imperialism, post-colonial theory, and gender and imperialism - Includes a useful guide to further reading Using vivid examples, Johnson clearly explains the nature of British imperialism and enables the reader to understand the causes, course and immediate consequences of the British-colonial encounter on a world-wide scale. His book is an essential starting point for all those new to the subject and a helpful introduction to more recent debates.

Race and empire

Author : Chloe Campbell
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1847796311
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book Race and empire written by Chloe Campbell and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Race and empire tells the story of a short-lived but vehement eugenics movement that emerged among a group of Europeans in Kenya in the 1930s, unleashing a set of writings on racial differences in intelligence more extreme than that emanating from any other British colony in the twentieth century. The Kenyan eugenics movement of the 1930s adapted British ideas to the colonial environment: in all its extremity, Kenyan eugenics was not simply a bizarre and embarrassing colonial mutation, as it was later dismissed, but a logical extension of British eugenics in a colonial context. By tracing the history of eugenic thought in Kenya, the book shows how the movement took on a distinctive colonial character, driven by settler political preoccupations and reacting to increasingly outspoken African demands for better, and more independent, education. Through a close examination of attitudes towards race and intelligence in a British colony, Race and empire reveals how eugenics was central to colonial racial theories before World War Two.

Outrider of Empire

Author : Geoffrey A. Pocock
Publisher : University of Alberta
ISBN 13 : 0888647670
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (886 download)

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Download or read book Outrider of Empire written by Geoffrey A. Pocock and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2008-03-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dreamer of dreams, an adventurer, and a man of many ideas, Roger Pocock was an inveterate, world-ranging traveler who lived the life that all adventurous boys desire. He listened with wonder to the stories of all those he met, be they outlaws like Butch Cassidy, ranchers, or mounted police. Readers of all ages and classes eagerly devoured Pocock’s western tales. Outrider of Empire is a testament to a prolific author and extraordinary man whose friends and acquaintances bridged the worlds of theatre, literature, the military, and science.

The New A-Z of Empire

Author : C. Brad Faught
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857720015
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Download or read book The New A-Z of Empire written by C. Brad Faught and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-30 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The British Empire, especially in its late-Victorian heyday, spanned the world and linked a quarter of world's population to Britain through a shared, official, allegiance to the Crown. In the long history of empires the British imperial state was among the most powerful ever and a major global player. "A New A-Z of Empire" catches the current burgeoning interest in empires and covers over 400 years of British imperial history from the founding of the East India Company in 1600, to the 'First' and 'Second' British Empires, the time of 'High Empire' following the War of American Independence, the unprecedented expansion of the 'Scramble' for Africa, the development of Dominion Status and the history - often turbulent - of decolonization and the growth of Commonwealth. The 400-plus entries include a rich panoply of individuals, territories, treaties, politics, the law, diplomacy, war and peace, administration, business and commerce, exploration, literature, art, literature and scholarship. Readers will find a mine of fascinating factual information, in concise form, with expert historical assessment, cross-referencing between entries and suggestions for further reading. The valuable time-line is essential to pick through the long period of complex history and links to key web resources are provided. "A New A-Z of Empire" is an indispensable tool for the scholar and student, and for the general reader interested in the rich history of the British Empire: a story of obscure foundation leading to dominance over a huge swathe of the globe, now represented by mere pinpricks on the world map.

Lions in Our Lives

Author : Terry Julian
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1412009537
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Lions in Our Lives written by Terry Julian and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lion images are everywhere. In literature, in religion, in statues, emblems and heraldry. Symbols of them are found in all larger European cities -- particularly London. Many are also in Vancouver, British Columbia. A lion image is visually stimulating and should become part of our life.

Pressing Interests

Author : Phoebe Musandu
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 077355601X
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Pressing Interests written by Phoebe Musandu and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the first six decades of the twentieth century, when the majority of present-day Kenya was under the control of the British Empire, many secular newspapers emerged as the products of tensions between Asian and European immigrants, the British administration, and the African petite bourgeoisie. In Pressing Interests Phoebe Musandu shows that, far from expressions of public opinion or vehicles of a free market, these periodicals served as powerful tools for the colonial government and the elite to shape political and economic conditions in their favour. Following the development of the most important newspapers established in colonial Kenya as they evolved to reflect the priorities and ambitions of their owners, investors, publishers, journalists, and editors, Pressing Interests explores the roles and contributions of the press in the country's political and economic history. Shedding light on newspapers as business ventures, Musandu focuses on the management, financial, and production aspects of media. Drawing on previously unearthed archival documents, official and unofficial correspondence, police and legal records, and the newspapers themselves, she further examines the press as a medium for inter- and intra-racial competition for power and influence, as a base for the production of knowledge, and as an instrument for social control. In an era when we are often reminded of the power inherent in the ability to generate and disseminate information, Pressing Interests tells the story of colonial Kenya's press through a timely mix of riveting accounts and the clarifying lens of careful analysis.

Militarism, Hunting, Imperialism

Author : J.A. Mangan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317969588
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Militarism, Hunting, Imperialism written by J.A. Mangan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late Victorian and Edwardian officer class viewed hunting and big game hunting in particular, as a sound preparation for imperial warfare. For the imperial officer in the making, the ‘blooding’ hunting ritual was a visible ‘hallmark’ of stirling martial masculinity. Sir Henry Newbolt, the period poet of subaltern self-sacrifice, typically considered hunting as essential for the creation of a ‘masculine sporting spirit’ necessary for the consolidation and extension of the empire. Hunting was seen as a manifestation of Darwinian masculinity that maintained a pre-ordained hierarchical order of superordinate and subordinate breeds. Militarism, Hunting, Imperialism examines these ideas under the following five sections: martial imperialism: the self-sacrificial subaltern ‘blooding’ the middle class martial male the imperial officer, hunting and war martial masculinity proclaimed and consolidated martial masculinity adapted and adjusted. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Madness and marginality

Author : Will Jackson
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526118076
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Madness and marginality written by Will Jackson and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on over two hundred and fifty psychiatric case files, this book offers a radical new departure from existing historical accounts of what is still commonly thought of as the most picturesque of Britain’s colonies overseas. By tracing the life histories of Kenya’s ‘white insane’, the book allows for a new account of settler society: one that moves attention away from the ‘great white hunters’ and heroic pioneer farmers to all those Europeans who did not manage to emulate the colonial ideal. In doing so, it raises important new questions around deviance, transgression and social control. Sitting at the intersection of a number of fields, the book will appeal to students and teachers of imperial history, colonial medicine, African history and postcolonial theory and will prove a valuable addition to both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Venice: Lion City

Author : Garry Wills
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671047647
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Venice: Lion City written by Garry Wills and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-09-03 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, Wills's acclaimed book presents a new way of relating the history of the city through its art and, in turn, illuminates the art through the city's history. Illustrated with more than 130 works of art, 30 in full color.

The Immobile Empire

Author : Alain Peyrefitte
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0345803949
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book The Immobile Empire written by Alain Peyrefitte and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1793, Lord George Macartney and an enormous delegation—including diplomats, doctors, scholars, painters, musicians, soldiers, and aristocrats—entered Beijing on a mission to open China to British trade. But Macartney’s famous refusal to perform the traditional kowtow before the Chinese Emperor was just one sign that the two empires would not see eye to eye, and the trade talks failed. The inability to develop a trade relation would have enormous consequences for future relations between China and the West. Peyrefitte’s vivid narrative of this fascinating encounter is based on extraordinary source materials from each side—including the charming and candid diary of Thomas Staunton, the son of one of Macartney’s aides. An example of history at its finest, The Immobile Empire recaptures the extraordinary experience of two great empires in collision, sizing each other up for the first time.

Indian Doctors in Kenya, 1895-1940

Author : A. Greenwood
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137440538
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Indian Doctors in Kenya, 1895-1940 written by A. Greenwood and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ground-breaking book offers unique insights into the careers of Indian doctors in colonial Kenya during the height of British colonialism, between 1895 and 1940. The story of these important Indian professionals presents a rare social history of an important political minority.

Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire

Author : David Anderson
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393079746
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire written by David Anderson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-02-07 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A remarkable account of Britain's last stand in Kenya. This is imperial history at its very best."--John Hope Franklin In "a gripping narrative that is all but impossible to put down" (Joseph C. Miller), Histories of the Hanged exposes the long-hidden colonial crimes of the British in Kenya. This groundbreaking work tells how the brutal war between the colonial government and the insurrectionist Mau Mau between 1952 and 1960 dominated the final bloody decade of imperialism in East Africa. Using extraordinary new evidence, David Anderson puts the colonial government on trial with eyewitness testimony from over 800 court cases and previously unseen archives. His research exonerates the Kikuyu rebels; hardly the terrorists they were thought to be; and reveals the British to be brutal aggressors in a "dirty war" that involved leaders at the highest ranks of the British government. This astonishing piece of scholarship portrays a teetering colonial empire in its final phase; employing whatever military and propaganda methods it could to preserve an order that could no longer hold.

Disney's Atlantis, the Lost Empire

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Publisher : RH/Disney
ISBN 13 : 9780736410847
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Disney's Atlantis, the Lost Empire written by and published by RH/Disney. This book was released on 2001 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disney's "Atlantis, the gripping story of an explorer's search for an underwater world, makes a great Read-Aloud Storybook! Young children will truly love this hardcover book, which is packed with 64 pages of full-color illustrations and retells the unforgettable story from beginning to end.

Beyond the state

Author : Anna Greenwood
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1784996165
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the state written by Anna Greenwood and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. The Colonial Medical Service was the personnel section of the Colonial Service, employing the doctors who tended to the health of both the colonial staff and the local populations of the British Empire. Although the Service represented the pinnacle of an elite government agency, its reach in practice stretched far beyond the state, with the members of the African service collaborating, formally and informally, with a range of other non-governmental groups. This collection of essays on the Colonial Medical Service of Africa illustrates the diversity and active collaborations to be found in the untidy reality of government medical provision. The authors present important case studies covering former British colonial dependencies in Africa, including Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zanzibar. They reveal many new insights into the enactments of colonial policy and the ways in which colonial doctors negotiated the day-to-day reality during the height of imperial rule in Africa. The book provides essential reading for scholars and students of colonial history, medical history and colonial administration.