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Heroic Failure and the British (Hardcover): Stephanie Barczewski

Heroic Failure and the British (Hardcover)

Stephanie Barczewski

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From the Charge of the Light Brigade to Scott of the Antarctic and beyond, it seems as if glorious disaster and valiant defeat have been essential aspects of the British national character for the past two centuries. In this fascinating book, historian Stephanie Barczewski argues that Britain's embrace of heroic failure initially helped to gloss over the moral ambiguities of imperial expansion. Later, it became a strategy for coming to terms with diminishment and loss. Filled with compelling, moving, and often humorous stories from history, Barczewski's survey offers a fresh way of thinking about the continuing legacy of empire in British culture today.

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Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: February 2016
Authors: Stephanie Barczewski
Dimensions: 242 x 165 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 267
ISBN-13: 978-0-300-18006-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
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LSN: 0-300-18006-3
Barcode: 9780300180060

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