The Eastern Question in 1870s Britain: Democracy and Diplomacy, Orientalism and Empire

by Leslie Rogne Schumacher

Book Overview

This book examines mid-Victorian discourse on the expansion of the British Empire's role in the Middle East. It investigates how British political leaders, journalists and the general public responded to events in the Ottoman Empire, which many, if not most, people in Britain came to see as trudging towards inevitable chaos and destruction. Although this 'Eastern Question' on a post-Ottoman future was ostensibly a matter of international politics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031365135
• ISBN13: 9783031365133
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 419 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"