Title Mid-Victorian imperialists : British gentlemen and the empire of the mind / Edward Beasley

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 220 pages) : illustrations, maps Series British foreign and colonial policy Cass series--British foreign and colonial policy. Contents Chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Arthur Mills, almanacs and despotism -- chapter 3 The man who ran the Empire -- chapter 4 Frederic Rogers and the 'transcendental expectation' -- chapter 5 Letters from Australia, Part I: the citizens -- chapter 6 Letters from Australia, Part II: the governor and the end of the world -- chapter 7 The variety of Englishmen and their empires, Part I -- chapter 8 The variety of Englishmen and their empires, Part II -- chapter 9 Generalizing about humanity: Lord Carnarvon -- chapter 10 Rawlinson, Northcote and the imperialism of information management -- chapter 11 Conclusion Summary "Throughout the nineteenth century the British Empire was the subject of much writing; floods of articles, books and government reports were produced about the areas under British control and the overall idea of imperialism. Mid-Victorian Imperialists investigates how the Victorians made sense of all the information regarding the Empire. It examines the writings of a collection of gentlemen who were amongst the first people to join the Colonial Society in 1868 and 1869. These men included imperial officials, leading settlers, British politicians and writers Beasley looks at the common trends in their beliefs about the British Empire and how their thoughts changed during their lives, shedding light on how mid-Victorian theories of racial, cultural and political classification arose. The book focuses on the lives of particular men and their thoughts on empire to reveal how Victorian ideologies of imperialism came about."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-214) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Imperialism -- Public opinion -- History -- 19th century Imperialism -- History -- 19th century -- Historiography HISTORY -- World. British colonies Historiography Imperialism -- Historiography Imperialism -- Public opinion Intellectual life Colonies -- Administration Public opinion Imperialismus Rezeption Intellektueller Geistesleben SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century -- Historiography Great Britain -- Colonies -- Administration -- History -- 19th century Great Britain -- Colonies -- Public opinion -- History -- 19th century Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056856 Subject Great Britain Großbritannien Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 0203329279 9780203329276 9780714656984 0714656984 9786610267729 6610267723 9781135765750 1135765758 9781135765705 1135765707 9781135765743 113576574X 9781138878150 1138878154 1280267720 9781280267727

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