Imagining the Arctic - Heroism, Spectacle and Polar Exploration (Hardcover)

Imagining the Arctic explores the culture and politics of polar exploration and the making of its heroes. Leading explorers, the celebrity figures of their day, went to great lengths to convince their contemporaries of the merits of polar voyages. Much of exploration was in fact theatre: a series of performances to capture public attention and persuade governments to finance ambitious proposals. The achievements of explorers were promoted, celebrated, and manipulated, whilst explorers themselves became the subject of huge attention. Huw Lewis-Jones draws upon recovered texts and striking images, many reproduced for the first time since the nineteenth century, to show how exploration was projected through a series of spectacular visuals, helping us to reconstruct the ways that heroes and the wilderness were imagined. Elegantly written and richly illustrated, Imagining the Arctic offers original insights into our understanding of exploration and its pull on the public imagination.

General

Imprint:	I.B. Tauris
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Tauris Historical Geographical Series
Release date:	March 2017
Authors:	Huw Lewis-Jones
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn
Pages:	448
ISBN-13:	978-1-78453-658-9
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of other lands Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > History > History of other lands Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Promotions
LSN:	1-78453-658-X
Barcode:	9781784536589

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