A Turn to Empire
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By the mid-nineteenth century, the most prominent British and French liberal thinkers vigorously supported the conquest of non-European people. This work explains that this reflected a rise in civilizational self-confidence, as theories of human progress became more triumphalist, less nuanced, and less tolerant of cultural difference.
Autor: | Pitts, Jennifer |
Nakladatel: | Princeton University Press |
ISBN: | 9780691127910 |
Rok vydání: | 2006 |
Jazyk : | Angličtina |
Vazba: | Paperback / softback |
Počet stran: | 400 |
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