Expedition into empire : exploratory journeys and the making of the modern world / edited by Martin Thomas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thomas, Martin, 1964-

Taylor and Francis eBooks.

Series:

Routledge studies in cultural history

Routledge Studies in Cultural History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discoveries in geography--History.

Discoveries in geography.

History.

Discoveries in geography--Social aspects.

Voyages and travels--History.

Voyages and travels.

Genre:

Electronic books.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 pages).

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Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2015.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Expeditionary journeys have shaped our world, but the expedition as a cultural form is rarely scrutinized. This book is the first major investigation of the conventions and social practices embedded in team-based exploration. In probing the politics of expedition making, this volume is itself a pioneering journey through the cultures of empire. With contributions from established and emerging scholars, Expedition into Empire plots the rise and transformation of expeditionary journeys from the eighteenth century until the present. Conceived as a series of spotlights on imperial travel and colonial expansion, it roves widely: from the metropolitan centers to the ends of the earth. This collection is both rigorous and accessible, containing lively case studies from writers long immersed in exploration, travel literature, and the dynamics of cross-cultural encounter.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 What Is an Expedition? An Introduction; 2 What Is an Explorer?; 3 Settler Colonial Expeditions; 4 The Expedition as a Cultural Form: On the Structure of Exploratory Journeys as Revealed by the Australian Explorations of Ludwig Leichhardt; 5 The Theatre of Contact: Aborigines and Exploring Expeditions; 6 Expeditions, Encounters, and the Praxis of Seaborne Ethnography: The French Voyages of La Pérouse and Freycinet; 7 Armchair Expeditionaries: Voyages Into the French Musée de la Marine, 1828-78;

8 On Slippery Ice: Discovery, Imperium, and the Austro-Hungarian North Polar Expedition (1872-4)9 A Polar Drama: The Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14; 10 The 1928 MacRobertson Round Australia Expedition: Colonial Adventuring in the Twentieth Century; 11 The Expedition's Afterlives: Echoes of Empire in Travel to Asia; Contributors; Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Thomas, Martin. Expedition into Empire : Exploratory Journeys and the Making of the Modern World.

ISBN:

9781317630135

1317630130

OCLC:

890090503

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