British public opinion and the rise of imperialist sentiment in relation to expansion in Africa, 1880-1900

The thesis traces the rise of popular Imperialist sentiment, which developed via Conservative clubs and fringe groups such an the Primrose League. Pressure for expansion reached a peak, in the Sudan campaign of 1884-5 and the mass eulogy of General Gordon. An uninhibited and aggressive belief in exp...

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Main Author: Knight, Patricia
Published: University of Warwick 1968
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.462266