First contact ; the cult of progress
Olusoga, David2018
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In Civilisations, David Olusoga travels the world to piece together the shared histories that link nations. In Part One, First Contact, we discover what happened to art in the great Age of Discovery, when civilisations encountered each other for the first time. Although undoubtedly a period of conquest and destruction, it was also one of mutual curiosity, global trade and the exchange of ideas. In Part Two, The Cult of Progress, we see how the Industrial Revolution transformed the world, impacting every corner, and every civilisation, from the cotton mills of the Midlands through Napoleon's conquest of Egypt to the decimation of both Native American and Maori populations and the advent of photography in Paris in 1839. Incredible art - both looted and created - are key to understanding our histories.
Main title:
First contact ; the cult of progress / David Olusoga.
Author:
Olusoga, David, author
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2018.©2018.
Collation:
303 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Published in conjunction with BBC's "Civilisations" series.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
First Contact -- Victorian Disbelief -- A Manner Nation -- Invaders and Looting -- Justifying Conquest -- Keeping an Eye on Culture -- Embracing the New -- Acts of Empire -- Cult of Progress -- The Lure of the Pharaohs -- Revolution in the Midlands -- The City and the Slum -- The American Wilderness -- The Course of Empire -- The Theft of Identity -- Portraits for Posterity -- The Advent of the Camera -- An Artistic Response to Progress -- An Exotic Escape -- Transformations -- The Plunge of Europe.
ISBN:
9781781259979 (hardback)9781782834199 (ebook)
Dewey class:
909
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
596888