The Rhetoric of Empire Colonial Discourse in Journalism, Travel Writing, and Imperial Administration /
The white man's burden, darkest Africa, the seduction of the primitive: such phrases were widespread in the language Western empires used to talk about their colonial enterprises. How this language itself served imperial purposes--and how it survives today in writing about the Third World--are...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
1993.
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Online Access: | CONNECT |