Research Catalog

Title

Illustrating empire : a visual history of British imperialism / Ashley Jackson and David Tomkins.

Author

Jackson, Ashley

Publication

Oxford : Bodleian Library, 2011.

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Details

Additional Authors

Tomkins, David.

Description

216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 23 cm

Summary

'Illustrating Empire' tells the history of the British Empire through the ephemeral images used to propote, record, and celebrate its development. The narrative is told through more than 150 original images accompanied by illuminating story captions which unlock the history and meaning behind the illustrations.

Series Statement

Visual history from the John Johnson collection of printed ephemera

Uniform Title

Visual history from the John Johnson collection of printed ephemera.

Subject

• Art and society > Great Britain
• Art et société > Grande-Bretagne
• Art and society
• British colonies
• Bild
• Imperialismus
• Kolonier > historia
• Kolonier i konsten
• Great Britain > Colonies > In art
• Great Britain > Colonies > History > Pictorial works
• Great Britain > Colonies > History > Sources
• Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire > Ouvrages illustrés
• Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire > Sources
• Great Britain
• Großbritannien

Genre/Form

• illustrated books.
• Illustrated works
• Art
• History
• Pictorial works
• Sources
• Ouvrages illustrés.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-212) and index.

Contents

Empire, settlement and emigration -- Imperial authority : civic and military -- Exploration and knowledge -- Imperial trade, commerce and marketing -- Travel, communications and the imperial network -- Empire, leisure and popular culture -- Jubilees and exhibitions -- Empire and politics.

ISBN

• 9781851243341
• 1851243348

OCLC

• 670480385
• SCSB-11831213

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library