{"product_id":"technologies-of-empire-dermot-ryan-9781644530795","title":"Technologies of Empire: Writing, Imagination, and the Making of Imperial Networks, 1750-1820","description":"\u003ci\u003eTechnologies of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the ways in which writers of the long eighteenth century treat writing and imagination as technologies that can produce rather than merely portray empire. Authors ranging from Adam Smith to William Wordsworth consider writing not as part of a larger logic of orientalism that represents non-European subjects and spaces in fixed ways, but as a dynamic technology that organizes these subjects and transforms these spaces. \u003ci\u003eTechnologies of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e reads the imagination as an instrument that works in tandem with writing, expanding and consolidating the networks of empire. Through readings across a variety of genres, ranging from Smith's \u003ci\u003eThe Wealth of Nations\u003c\/i\u003e and Edmund Burke's \u003ci\u003eReflections on the Revolution in France\u003c\/i\u003e to Maria Edgeworth's Irish fiction and Wordsworth's epic poetry, this study offers a new account of writing's role in empire-building and uncovers a genealogy of the romantic imagination that is shot through by the imperatives of imperialism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published by University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dermot Ryan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644530791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644530795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Delaware Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Dermot Ryan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47425354432767,"sku":"9781644530795","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_59162e19-5f04-4010-bd8c-ee3476367766.jpg?v=1761538654","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/technologies-of-empire-dermot-ryan-9781644530795","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}