Title The imperial archive : knowledge and the fantasy of empire / Thomas Richards

Published London ; New York : Verso, 1993

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Description viii, 179 pages : 2 maps ; 23 cm Contents Ch. 1. Archive and Utopia -- Ch. 2. Archive and Form -- Ch. 3. Archive and Entropy -- Ch. 4. The Archive and Its Double Summary Argues that by meeting the vast administrative challenge of the British Empire - thorough maps and surveys, censuses and statistics - Victorian administrators developed a new symbiosis of knowledge and power. The book draws on works by Rudyard Kipling, H.G. Wells and Bram Stoker Analysis English literature Related to Imperialism Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-172) and index Subject Colonies in literature. English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. Fantasy literature, English -- History and criticism. Imperialism -- History -- 19th century. Imperialism in literature. Knowledge, Theory of, in literature. SUBJECT United Kingdom -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100239 -- Historiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046 Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056856 LC no. 93021182 ISBN 0860914003 0860916057 (paperback)

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