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Product Description Between the mid-18th and mid-19th centuries, Britain evolved from a substantial international power yet relative artistic backwater into a global superpower and a leading cultural force in Europe. In this original and wide-ranging book, Hoock illuminates the manifold ways in which the culture of power and the power of culture were interwoven in this period of dramatic change. Britons invested artistic and imaginative effort to come to terms with the loss of the American colonies; to sustain the generation-long fight against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France; and to assert and legitimate their growing empire in India. Demonstrating how Britain fought international culture wars over prize antiquities from the Mediterranean and Near East, the book explores how Britons appropriated ancient cultures from the Mediterranean, the Near East, and India, and casts a fresh eye on iconic objects such as the Rosetta Stone and the Parthenon Marbles. Review A bold, provocative and ambitious book ... it presents a wide perspective on an exceptionally significant era for the British world -- Ludmilla Jordanova, Professor of Modern History, King’s College London An excellent book, brimming with insights and splendid illustrations ... a sumptuous treat indeed -- Dominic Sandbrook ― Daily Telegraph Terrific -- Simon Schama ― Financial Times Chock full of vivid case studies ... beautifully done -- Dan Jones ― Spectator Beautifully produced, closely argued and deeply researched ... an important, weighty book. It deserves close scrutiny and a warm reception. -- Professor Denis Judd ― BBC History Magazine An ambitious, authoritative survey of British visual culture in an age of imperial ascent -- Maya Jasanoff ― Guardian Published On: 2010-03-06 Hoock's analysis is of an astonishing breadth. His narrative architecture renders his book pleasurable to the academic and the amateur historian alike. It proves equally entertaining and encyclopaedic by virtue of good story-telling ... by his deft discernment of pattern in detail, he proves himself master of his subject in this empire of political and artistic tales -- Deborah Rosario ― Oxonian Review Book Description This scholarly yet highly accessible book illuminates the manifold ways in which the culture of power and the power of culture were interwoven and shaped the character of British public life. From the Author The book features four specially designed maps as well as 20 colour and 48 black and white illustrations. From the Inside Flap Over the course of the century after 1750, Britain evolved from a substantial international power yet relative artistic backwater into a global superpower and a leading cultural force in Europe. Empires of the Imagination illuminates the manifold ways in which the culture of power and the power of culture were interwoven in this period of dramatic change. Britons invested artistic and imaginative effort to come to terms with the loss of the American colonies; to sustain the generation-long fight against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France; and to assert and legitimate their growing empire in India. Award-winning historian Holger Hoock explores the controversial careers of America's leading painters during her War of Independence and analyses the unique British military pantheon created at St Paul's Cathedral at the turn of the nineteenth century. Demonstrating how Britain fought international culture wars over prize antiquities from the Mediterranean and Near East, the book offers a fresh interpretation of the origins of the British Museum's collections. Detailed studies of Britons and their local assistants who first documented the ancient monuments of India and Java contribute to debates about Orientalism and the production of imperial knowledge. From Athens to Amaravati, British archaeological interventions prompted concerns about plunder and preservation. Drawing on a very broad range of textual sources and material
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