Heroic Imperialists in Africa: The Promotion of British and French Colonial Heroes, 1870-1939

by Berny Sèbe

Book Overview

From the height of 'New Imperialism' until the Second World War, three generations of heroes of the British and French empires in Africa were selected, manufactured and packaged for consumption by a metropolitan public eager to discover new horizons and to find comfort in the concept of a 'civilising mission'.

Available in paperback for the first time, this book looks at imperial heroism by examining the legends of a dozen major colonial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719097517
• ISBN13: 9780719097515
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"