About this title: From Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie, from Yeats to the media coverage of the Gulf War, this is an account of the roots of imperialism in European culture. While many historians and commentators have analyzed the phenomenon of the imperial power wielded by Britain (and France) in the 19th century, this book analyzes its impact on the culture of the period. The author focusses on the way this cultural legacy has embedded itself in the Western view of the East, and affects our relationship with the formerly colonized world at every level, both social and political. The author also wrote ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679750543ISBN:0679750541
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. pages yellowing; text and binding fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 416 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: 4th Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780394587387ISBN:0394587383
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. This 6 x 9 hardcover has 380 pages. Said's ( Orientalism ) main theme in this dense, academic study is how literature has reflected and bolstered British, French and U.S. imperialisms, which use self-justifying rhetoric to condone the West's dominance and exploitation of non-Western people. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books
Date Published: 1994-06-01
ISBN-13:9780679750543ISBN:0679750541
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780679750543ISBN:0679750541
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chatto and Windus
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780701138080ISBN:0701138084
Description: Good. Cover type-This book is a paperback copy. Page colour-Slightly discoloured in accordance with book age. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chatto and Windus
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780701138080ISBN:0701138084
Description: Good. Cover type-This book is a paperback copy. Page colour-Slightly discoloured in accordance with book age. The cover is slightly creased, and teh spine of this book is slightly ripped. Has a mark on the edge **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: VINTAGE Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780099967507ISBN:0099967502
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 480 pages. (480 pages) from jane austen to salman rushdie, from yeats to media coverage of the gulf war, this title provides an account of the roots of imperialism in european culture. edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Description: 1994. (xxxii, 444 p., notes, ind. ); paper. (Copy in very good condition). Following his profoundly influential study ORIENTALISM, Edwar Said now examines Western culture. From Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie, from Yeats to the media coverage of the Gulf War, CULTURE AND IMPERIALISM is a broad, fierce and wonderfully readable account of the roots of imperialism in European culture. read more
Description: London, Chatto & Windus, (1993). Reprint. Cloth, name blocked out in white on title page else v.g. in d/w, pp. xxxii, 444. ISBN 0 7011 3808 4. First British edition. read more
Description: 1994. (xxvii, 380 p., notes, ind. ); cloth; d/w. Excellent. Following his profoundly influential study Orientalism, Edward Said now examines Western culture. From Jane Austen to Salman Rushdie, from Yeats to the media coverage of the Gulf War, The book is a broad, fierce and wonderfully readable account of the roots of imperialism in European culture. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780394587387ISBN:0394587383
Description: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0394587383. Very Good condition-no marks on text-same or next-day shipping-Tracking Number; 1.7 x 9.2 x 6.4 Inches; 380 pages. read more
Description: Good. 0679750541 US STUDENT EDITION. BOOK IS A GOOD CONDITION. WILL SHIP WITHIN 24 HOURS WITH DELIVERY CONFORMATION AND TRACKING NUMBER. read more
"Great analysis from Said. History, Sociology, Anthropology, Literature... Everything connected. From Fannon to C?saire. From Hobsbawm to Gramsci.
A study with feet on earth. Well written and reflexive. From the building of imperialism to the world today.
Great, great, great"
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