Enlightenment or Empire: Colonial Discourse in German Culture

by Russell A. Berman

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Enlightenment or Empire is a crucial contribution to our understanding of the culture of European colonialism. The book opens with a bold reconsideration of the relationship between the Enlightenment and colonialism, at the heart of which is an examination of two parallel texts--Captain James Cook's and Georg Foster's accounts of Cook's voyage of 1773. Berman then examines geography, religion, gender, and fiction in the writings of nineteenth-century...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0803222289

ISBN13:9780803222281

Release Date:September 2007

Publisher:University of Nebraska Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.74 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Social Science Social Sciences

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