Roman Officers and English Gentlemen: The Imperial Origins of Roman Archaeology

ISBN-13: 9780415235808 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 240 str.

Richard Hingley

Opis

The impact of classical Rome on ancient Britain, as perceived by the late Victorian and Edwardian elites, was a resource of immense contemporary political value. The images it produced helped to define the idea and practice of British imperialism, and the very concept of Englishness. Academics colluded in this process and this created a legacy in Roman archaeology which persists to the present day. Richard Hingley's work explores this relationship. His thorough examination of late Victorian and Edwardian writings on Rome and the ancient Britons illuminates the historical context and development of Roman archaeology, and simultaneously makes a contribution to the debates on English identity and imperialism. This landmark study should be useful reading for scholars and students in Roman archaeology, ancient history, colonial studies and historiography.

Recenzje

'A major contribution to a number of different academic fields Theoretically astute, yet engagingly written, it has a wide potential readership.' - Dominic Montserrat, JACT Review

'Hingley's book is without doubt necessary and admirable.' - David Boyd Haycock, TLS

Spis treści

List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Imperial discourse: Britain and Rome; PART I: Imperialism; 2 Republicanism to imperialism: the growth of imperial discourse; 3 Decline and fall: a political analogy and provider of lessons; 4 Drawing lessons from Rome regarding incorporation and assimilation; PART II: Englishness; 5 Teutons, Romans and Celts; 6 Ancient heroes of the resistance; 7 The rise of a theory of mixed racial origins; 8 Englishness between the Wars, racial mixing and the role of Rome; PART III: Romanisation; 9 Francis Haverfield and Romanisation; 10 Romanisation: Haverfield's legacy; 11 Conclusions: 'Island stories'; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

O autorze

Hingley, Richard