This book offers a history of British and French imperial cultures from 1700-2000, examining how narratives about tigers shaped understandings of Asian empires. It analyses scientific writings, hunting accounts, visual culture, and administrative archives to show how representations of tigers circulated across imperial networks linking Europe and Asia. By tracing how these animals entered Western knowledge systems and popular imaginations, it demonstrates how ideas about nature, power, and colonial authority became embedded within everyday cultural forms.
The study highlights the entanglement of zoology, environmental history, masculinity, and imperial governance, revealing how stories about tigers informed broader interpretations of empire and global modernity.
| ISBN: | 9781526197481 |
| Publication date: | 26th January 2027 |
| Author: | James R Lehning |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 296 pages |
| Series: | Studies in Imperialism |
| Genres: |
Popular culture Animals and society Social and cultural history Colonialism and imperialism The environment |
This book offers a history of British and French imperial cultures from 1700-2000, examining how narratives about tigers shaped understandings of Asian empires. It analyses scientific writings, hunting accounts, visual culture, and administrative archives to show how representations of tigers circulated across imperial networks linking Europe and Asia.
Tigers and the Imperial Imagination features in the following genres: Popular culture, Animals and society, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, The environment
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Tigers and the Imperial Imagination was written by James R Lehning and published by Manchester University Press
Tigers and the Imperial Imagination has 296 pages
Yes it is part of Studies in Imperialism series
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