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Visualizing empire : Africa, Europe and the politics of representation / by Peabody, Rebecca,editor,contributor.(CARDINAL)853586; Blanchard, Pascal,contributor.(CARDINAL)853581; Bloom, Peter J.,contributor.(CARDINAL)853584; Craig, Michelle H.,contributor.; Forsdick, Charles,contributor.(CARDINAL)853583; Morton, P. A.,contributor.(CARDINAL)853582; Murphy, David,1971-contributor.(CARDINAL)853585; Nelson, Steven,1962-contributor.(CARDINAL)211374; Nelson, Steven,1962-editor,contributor.(CARDINAL)211374; Taylor, Lauren,contributor.; Terpak, Frances,1948-contributor.(CARDINAL)214162; Thomas, Dominic Richard David,editor,contributor.(CARDINAL)785937; Getty Research Institute,publisher.(CARDINAL)119558; University of Chicago.Press,distributor.(CARDINAL)153865; Yale University Press,distributor.(CARDINAL)332061;
Includes bibliographical references and index."By the end of World War I, having fortified its colonial holdings in the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, the Indian Ocean, and Asia, France had expanded its dominion to the four corners of the earth. This volume examines how the French Empire encouraged a vibrant and engaging material culture--from commercial as well as political sources--to normalize its colonial project and racialized ideas of life in the empire. Drawing from documents and media held in the Getty Research Institute's ACHAC collections, Visualizing Empire analyzes aspects of colonialism manifest in the art, popular literature, games, maps, films, and exhibitions that represented, celebrated, or were created for France's colonies across the seas."--back cover."The essays in this book analyze aspects of colonialism through investigations into the art, popular literature, material culture, film, and exhibitions that represented, celebrated, or were created for France's colonies across the seas. These studies draw from documents and media-photographs, albums, postcards, maps, posters, advertisements, and children's games-related to the nineteenth- and twentieth-century French Empire"--
Subjects: ACHAC Collection (Getty Research Institute); Imperialism in popular culture; Propaganda, French; Propaganda, French;
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The Caesar of Paris : Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the artistic obsession that shaped an empire / by Jaques, Susan,author.(CARDINAL)401129;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-551) and index.Introduction -- Part one. Directory -- Part two. Consulate -- Part three. Imperium -- Part four. A new Rome -- Part five. Principate -- Part six. Capital of the Universe -- Part seven. Dynasty -- Part eight. The fall -- Part nine. Legacy."Napoleon is one of history's most fascinating figures. But his complex relationship with Rome--both with antiquity and his contemporary conflicts with the Pope and Holy See--have undergone little examination. In The Caesar of Paris, Susan Jaques reveals how Napoleon's dueling fascination and rivalry informed his effort to turn Paris into "the new Rome"--Europe's cultural capital--through architectural and artistic commissions around the city. His initiatives and his aggressive pursuit of antiquities and classical treasures from Italy gave Paris much of the classical beauty we know and adore today. Napoleon had a tradition of appropriating from past military greats to legitimize his regime--Alexander the Great during his invasion of Egypt, Charlemagne during his coronation as emperor, even Frederick the Great when he occupied Berlin. But it was ancient Rome and the Caesars that held the most artistic and political influence and would remain his lodestars. Whether it was the Arc de Triomphe, the Venus de Medici in the Louvre, or the gorgeous works of Antonio Canova, Susan Jaques brings Napoleon to life as never before."--Amazon.com.
Subjects: Biographies.; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821; Imperialism in popular culture;
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Mark Twain, travel books, and tourism : the tide of a great popular movement / by Melton, Jeffrey Alan,1962-;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.The success of travel books and the failure of tourism -- Tourism and travel writing in the nineteenth century -- Touring the Old World : faith and leisure in The innocents abroad and A tramp abroad -- Touring the New World : the search for home in Roughing it and Life on the Mississippi -- Touring the round : imperialism and the failure of travel writing in Following the equator.
Subjects: Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.; Americans; Popular culture; Tourism; Travel writing; Travelers' writings, American; Voyages and travels;
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Icon and devotion : sacred spaces in Imperial Russia / by Tarasov, O. I͡U.(Oleg I͡Urʹevich)(CARDINAL)891398; Milner-Gulland, R. R.(CARDINAL)513342;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-402) and index.By tracing the artistic vocabulary, techniques and working methods of icon painters in the last 400 years, Tarasov shows how icons have been integral to the history of Russian art, influenced by folk traditions and Western European currents alike.
Subjects: Art.; Orthodox Eastern Church; Icon painting; Icons, Russian.;
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The persistence of empire : British political culture in the age of the American Revolution / by Gould, Eliga H.(CARDINAL)280952; Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture.(CARDINAL)211675;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-251) and index.
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Reforging the White Republic : race, religion, and American nationalism, 1865-1898 / by Blum, Edward J.(CARDINAL)280846;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-344) and index.Introduction: Race, Religion, and the Fracturing of the White Republic -- The Last and Greatest Battle of Freedom: Race and the American Nation after the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln -- On the Verge of Heaven: Religious Missions, Interracial Contact, and the Radicalism of Radical Reconstruction -- The Apostles of Forgiveness: Religion and National Reunion in Northern Society, Popular Culture, and National Politics, 1865 -1875 -- Inventor of Legends Miraculous: National Reconciliation and Racial Segregation during America's Third Great Awakening -- The White Flag Waves: Spiritual Reunion and Genocidal Visions during the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 -- No North, No South, No Sectionalism in Politics, No Sex in Citizenship: Race, Nationalism, and Gender Politics in the Rise of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union -- To the Person Sitting in Darkness: Global Missions, Religious Belief, and the Making of the Imperial White Republic.
Subjects: Nationalism;
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Cuba : a cultural history / by West, Alan,1953-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-277) and index.As American-Cuban relations begin to warm, tourists are rushing to discover the throwback tropical paradise just eighty miles off of the American coast. But even as diplomatic relations are changing and the country opens up to the Western world, Cuba remains a rare and fascinating place. Cuba: A Cultural History tells the story of Cuba's history through an exploration of its rich and vibrant culture. Rather than offer a timeline of Cuban history or a traditional genre-by-genre history of Cuban culture, Alan West-Duran invites readers to enter Cuban history from the perspective of the island's uniquely creative cultural forms. He traces the restless island as it ebbs and flows with the power, beauty, and longings of its culture and history. In a world where revolutionary socialism is an almost quaint reminder of the decades-old Cold War, the island nation remains one of the few on the planet guided by a Communist party, still committed to fighting imperialism, opposed to the injustices of globalization, and wedded to the dream of one day building a classless society, albeit in a distant future. But as this book shows, Cuba is more than a struggling socialist country--it is a nation with a complex and turbulent history and a rich and varied culture.
Subjects: Political culture;
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Daily life in the Ottoman Empire / by Kia, Mehrdad.(CARDINAL)780644;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Note on pronunciation, transliteration, and spelling -- Introduction -- Chronology -- 1: Historical overview -- 2: Sultan and the palace -- 3: Governing an empire -- 4: Cities, towns, and villages: merchants, craftsmen, and peasants -- 5: Religious communities -- 6: Muslims -- 7: Islamic law and education -- 8: Sufi orders and popular culture -- 9: Courtship and marriage -- 10: Sex and family -- 11: Eating, drinking, smoking, and celebrating -- 12: Games and popular sports -- 13: Sickness, death, and dying -- Selected bibliography -- Index.Overview: The Ottoman Empire was an Islamic imperial monarchy that existed for over 600 years. At the height of its power in the 16th and 17th centuries, it encompassed three continents and served as the core of global interactions between the east and the west. And while the Empire was defeated after World War I and dissolved in 1920, the far-reaching effects and influences of the Ottoman Empire are still clearly visible in today's world cultures. Daily Life in the Ottoman Empire allows readers to gain critical insight into the pluralistic social and cultural history of an empire that ruled a vast region extending from Budapest in Hungary to Mecca in Arabia. Each chapter presents an in-depth analysis of a particular aspect of daily life in the Ottoman Empire.
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Critical terms for literary study / by Lentricchia, Frank.(CARDINAL)508006; McLaughlin, Thomas,1948-(CARDINAL)775811;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-463) and index.Representation / W.J.T. Mitchell -- Structure / John Carlos Rowe -- Writing / Barbara Johnson -- Discourse / Paul A. Bové -- Narrative / J. Hillis Miller -- Figurative language / Thomas McLaughlin -- Performance / Henry Sayre -- Author / Donald E. Pease -- Interpretation / Steven Mailloux -- Intention / Annabel Patterson -- Unconscious / François Meltzer -- Determinacy/indeterminacy / Gerald Graff -- Value/evaluation / Barbara Herrnstein Smith -- Influence / Louis A. Renza -- Rhetoric / Stanley Fish -- Culture / Stephen Greenblatt -- Canon / John Guillory -- Literary history / Lee Patterson -- Gender / Myra Jehlen -- Race / Kwame Anthony Appiah -- Ethnicity / Werner Sollors -- Ideology / James H. Kavanagh -- Popular culture / John Fisher -- Diversity / Louis Menand -- Imperialism/nationalism / Seamus Deane -- Desire / Judith Butler -- Ethics / Geoffrey Galt Harpham -- Class / Daniel T. O'Hara -- In place of an afterword : someone reading / Frank Lentricchia.
Subjects: Dictionaries.; Criticism; Literature; English language; Literary form;
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Teenage : the creation of youth culture / by Savage, Jon.(CARDINAL)740382;
Introduction -- Heaven and hell : Marie Bashkirtseff and Jesse Pomeroy -- Nationalists and decadents : the European counter-revolution -- Hooligans and apaches : juvenile delinquency and the mass media -- A sudden vision of heaven : L. Frank Baum and the dreamland of Oz -- American century : G. Stanley Hall and adolescence -- Peter Pan and the Boy Scouts : imperial British youth -- High-school freshmen and factory fodder : American adolescence and industry -- Wandervogel and neo pagans : Europe's back to nature movements -- Nickleodeons and animal dances : the American dream economy -- Invocation : the European generation gap -- Sacrifice : the war dead and the young against the old -- The class of 1902 : juvenile delinquency and the Great War -- Jazz bands and doughboys : America enters Europe -- Postwar shocks : the fascisti, the German Bunde, and the woodcraft folk -- Sheiks and shebas : the American youth market -- The Cinderella complex : the problems of America's mass culture -- Pursuit of pleasure : The bright young people -- The soldiers of an idea : The Hitler youth -- The Children's Army and the New Deal : American adolescents in the Depression -- Biff boys and the red menace : the polarization of British youth -- Jitterbugs and ickies : American swing and youth consumerism -- Conquerors and overlords : the Hitler youth at war and at home -- Reluctant conscripts and socialist heroes : British youth at war -- Sub-debs and GIs : American adolescents in school and in uniform -- German swing kids and French zazous : swing in Nazi Europe -- Zoot suiters and victory girls : American unrest in 1943 -- The peaceful invaders : American soldiers and British youth -- Helmuth Hubener, the White Rose, and Anne Frank : resistance in Nazi Europe -- The arrival of the teenager : the launch of Seventeen -- Year zero : the teenager triumphant.
Subjects: Teenagers; Youth; Teenagers; Teenagers; Popular culture; Subculture; Social history; Youth.; Subcultures.;
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