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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Main Author: Spurr, David, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 1993.
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