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European empires and the people : popular responses to imperialism in France, Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Italy / John M. MacKenzie (editor) ; Giuseppe Finaldi, Bernhard Gissibl, Vincent Kuitenbrouwer, Berny Sèbe, Matthew Stanard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Finaldi, Giuseppe, author.
- Gissibl, Bernhard, 1976- author.
- Kuitenbrouwer, Vincent (Johan Jacob Vincent), 1978- author.
- Sèbe, Berny, author.
- Stanard, Matthew G., author.
- Series:
- Studies in Imperialism Series
- Studies in Imperialism ; 86
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imperialism.
- Europe--Foreign relations.
- Europe.
- Europe--Territorial expansion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 242 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This text surveys the transmission of imperial ideas to the public in six European countries in the 19th and 20th centuries. The chapters provide parallel studies of the manner in which colonial ambitions and events in the respective European empires were given wider popular visibility.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Exalting imperial grandeur
- 2 Passion or indifference
- 3 Songs of an imperial underdog
- 4 Learning to love Leopold
- 5 Imagination and beyond
- 6 The peasants did not think of Africa
- Afterword
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 9, 2026).
- OCLC:
- 1467879796
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