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Joseph Banks is one of the most significant figures of the English Enlightenment. This book places his work in promoting 'imperial science', in the context of t
William Tryon and the Course of Empire
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Pages: 274
Authors: Paul David Nelson
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William Tryon's role in the affairs of British America during the last years of the empire, and his inability to stem the collapse of that empire, makes for a f
Ottoman Art in the Service of Empire
Language: en
Pages: 224
Authors: Zdzislaw Zygulski
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: New York University Press

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This book provides a rare and authoritative glimpse at the splendid decorative military art of the Ottomans, and art that is both insufficiently known and insuf
Radio Empire
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Initially created to counteract broadcasts from Nazi Germany, the BBC’s Eastern Service became a cauldron of global modernism and an unlikely nexus of artisti
An Empire Transformed
Language: en
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Authors: Kate Luce Mulry
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Examines the efforts to bring political order to the English empire through projects of environmental improvement When Charles II ascended the English throne in