Imperial Emotions: The Politics of Empathy across the British Empire
- ISBN-10
- 1108498361
- ISBN-13
- 9781108498364
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-09-30
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Jane Lydon
Description
Examines the politicisation of empathy across the British empire during the nineteenth century and traces its legacies into the present.
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- 2013-11-13
- 217 pages
- Ebook
- Liverpool University Press
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- 2013
- 206 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press
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