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Heroic Failure and the British
Engelsk Hardback
Heroic Failure and the British
Engelsk Hardback

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From the Charge of the Light Brigade to Scott of the Antarctic and beyond, it seems as if glorious disaster and valiant defeat have been essential aspects of the British national character for the past two centuries. In this fascinating book, historian Stephanie Barczewski argues that Britain’s embrace of heroic failure initially helped to gloss over the moral ambiguities of imperial expansion. Later, it became a strategy for coming to terms with diminishment and loss. Filled with compelling, moving, and often humorous stories from history, Barczewski’s survey offers a fresh way of thinking about the continuing legacy of empire in British culture today.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
280
ISBN-13:
9780300180060
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0300180063
Udg. Dato:
18 feb 2016
Længde:
30mm
Bredde:
242mm
Højde:
168mm
Forlag:
Yale University Press
Oplagsdato:
18 feb 2016
Forfatter(e):
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