About this title: 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 the subject of David Spurr's book, a revealing account ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Duke Univ Pr
Date Published: 1993-04-01
ISBN-13:9780822313175ISBN:0822313170
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Duke University, Durham
Date Published: 1993
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Trade wraps, first ed, 212 pgs, some pencil underlining no ink, No DJ, interior tight and clean vg. read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Duke Univ Pr
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780822313175ISBN:0822313170
Description: New. "Spurr's ability to make connections between literature and its shadow discourse, journalism, and to show how the two work in tandem to reinforce the culture of colonialism, is really most impressive. The overall result of his approach is a broad per... read more
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