Edge of empire : lives, culture, and conquest in the East, 1750-1850

Edge of empire : lives, culture, and conquest in the East, 1750-1850 / Maya Jasanoff.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jasanoff, Maya, 1974-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, 2006, c2005.
Edition:1st Vintage Books ed.
Subjects:
Collectors and collecting > Colonies > History > Great Britain > Colonies > History > 18th century.
Collectors and collecting > Colonies > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Material culture > Colonies > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Material culture > Colonies > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > History > 18th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: a world of empires, an empire of the world
  • Conquests: War of the world ; Trade to conquest ; Clive of India, clive of Britain ; Empire unmasked
  • Crossings: Beyond the frontier ; Chameleon capital ; Orientalists? ; Connoisseurs?
  • Compromises: Going un-native ; Settling ; Staying on ; Legacies
  • Invading Egypt: A new war, a new empire ; Westward bound ; Empire by design ; Abdallah Bonaparte
  • Seizing Seringapatam: Citizen Tipu ; L'Alliance Française ; A dangerous liaison ; The fall, and after
  • The objects of victory: Trophies ; A tropical grand tour ; From Kaveri to Nile
  • Rivals: Expansion under cover ; War and piece ; Personal and political ; An amateur abroad
  • Removals: The partisans ; The patriot ; A clash of reinventions ; Gentlemen and capitalists
  • Recoveries: The two Egypts ; France redux ; Preservers and destroyers ; Collecting back
  • Conclusion: collecting an empire.

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