Empires of the Imagination by Holger Hoock
An exploration of the relations between politics and culture in Britain and its expanding empire. It includes case studies ranging from the American Revolution to archaeology in the Mediterranean, Near East, and India that illuminates the history of heroic monuments, battle paintings, and key British cultural institutions.
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 *
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 *
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 *
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 *
Holger Hoock (b. 1972) is the Carroll J. Amundson Professor of British History at the University of Pittsburgh. His first book, The King's Artists: The Royal Academy of Arts and the Politics of British Culture (OUP, 2003), was runner-up for the 2004 Whitfield Prize in British History.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781861978592 |
| ISBN 10 | 1861978596 |
| Title | Empires of the Imagination |
| Author | Holger Hoock |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-02-04 |
| Number of pages | 544 |
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