Magic lantern empire [electronic resource] : colonialism and society in Germany / John Phillip Short.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2012.Description: ix, 232 p., [4] leaves of plates : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 325/.343 23
LOC classification:
  • JV2011 .S56 2012eb
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Contents:
Introduction : empire as world and idea : colonialism and society in Germany -- Estrangement : structures and limits of the colonial public sphere -- World of work, world of goods : propaganda and the formation of its object -- No place in the sun : the people's empire -- Carnival knowledge : enlightenment and distraction in the field of culture -- Ethnographic-fantastic : working-class readers at the colonial library -- The Hottentot elections : colonial politics, socialist politics -- Conclusion : magic lantern empire : reflections on colonialism and society.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : empire as world and idea : colonialism and society in Germany -- Estrangement : structures and limits of the colonial public sphere -- World of work, world of goods : propaganda and the formation of its object -- No place in the sun : the people's empire -- Carnival knowledge : enlightenment and distraction in the field of culture -- Ethnographic-fantastic : working-class readers at the colonial library -- The Hottentot elections : colonial politics, socialist politics -- Conclusion : magic lantern empire : reflections on colonialism and society.

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