Engines of empire : steamships and the Victorian imagination / Douglas R. Burgess, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burgess, Douglas R., Jr., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steamboats--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Steamboats.

Steamboats--United States--History--19th century.

Steam-navigation--History--19th century.

Steam-navigation.

Passenger ships--History--19th century.

Passenger ships.

Imperialism--History--19th century.

Imperialism.

History.

Tourism--History--19th century.

Tourism.

Great Britain.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016.

Contents:

Introduction : annihilating space

Phantasmagoria : steam and spectacle in the public sphere

Selling the Mammoth : the commodification of wonder

Leviathans : ships as fantasy

Honor and glory crowning time : disaster sermons and the cult of technology

Ordinary escapes : American steamboats and the masquerade of class

One small iron country : social hierarchies on the North Atlantic

Vandals abroad : travelogues and the pleasure cruise

The dollars are coming : steam tourism and the transformation of space

Tiffin for griffins : educating imperial administrators on the long voyage

The floating Kaiser : steamships and national identity

Sitting in darkness : critiquing imperialism from the top deck

Conclusion : transportation is civilization.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Burgess, Douglas R., Jr., author. Engines of empire

ISBN:

9780804798068

0804798060

OCLC:

931226681