{"product_id":"picturing-empire-james-r-ryan-9780226732336","title":"Picturing Empire: Photography and the Visualization of the British Empire","description":"Coinciding with the extraordinary expansion of Britain's overseas empire under Queen Victoria, the invention of photography allowed millions to see what they thought were realistic and unbiased pictures of distant peoples and places. This supposed accuracy also helped to legitimate Victorian geography's illuminations of the \"darkest\" recesses of the globe with the \"light\" of scientific mapping techniques. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as James R. Ryan argues in \u003ci\u003ePicturing Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, Victorian photographs reveal as much about the imaginative landscapes of imperial culture as they do about the \"real\" subjects captured within their frames. Ryan considers the role of photography in the exploration and domestication of foreign landscapes, in imperial warfare, in the survey and classification of \"racial types,\" in \"hunting with the camera,\" and in teaching imperial geography to British schoolchildren. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRyan's careful exposure of the reciprocal relation between photographic image and imperial imagination will interest all those concerned with the cultural history of the British Empire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James R. Ryan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226732339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226732336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.53h x 6.41w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/1999 pg. 74 - Recommended\/Special Interest","brand":"James R. Ryan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913444065535,"sku":"9780226732336","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_68538a79-27a2-4d59-84ae-8d02e84e62d8.jpg?v=1680620437","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/picturing-empire-james-r-ryan-9780226732336","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}