Review
''Empires of the Imagination' is a bold, provocative and ambitious book' --Ludmilla Jordanova, Professor of Modern History, King's College, London
'Empires of the Imagination is a bold, provocative and ambitious book.' --Ludmilla Jordanova, Professor of Modern History, King's College London
'an excellent book, brimming with insights and splendid illustrations...a sumptuous treat indeed' --Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph
"ambitious, authoritative survey of British visual culture in an age of imperial ascent" -- Maya Jasan
"beautifully produced, closely argued and deeply researched...an important, weighty book. It deserves close scrutiny and a warm reception." --Prof. Denis Judd, BBC History Magazine
"a hefty, exceptionally learned and exhaustively ... researched book ... Hoock's feel for the creative disorderliness of the time is a pleasure" --Simon Schama, Financial Times
"a learned, engrossing book. ... For anybody interested in British painting, military history or the culture of empire, this is a sumptuous treat indeed." --Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph
"ambitious, authoritative survey of British visual culture in an age of imperial ascent" --Maya Jasanoff, Guardian
'Empires Of The Imagination is a remarkable achievement, as sumptuous in argument as it is in presentation.'
--Brian Morton, Sunday Herald
"Hoock's analysis is of an astonishing breadth. It proves equally entertaining and encyclopaedic by virtue of good story-telling" --Deborah Rosario, Oxonian Review
'Empires of the Imagination is a bold, provocative and ambitious book.' --Ludmilla Jordanova, Professor of Modern History, King's College London
'an excellent book, brimming with insights and splendid illustrations...a sumptuous treat indeed' --Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph
"ambitious, authoritative survey of British visual culture in an age of imperial ascent" -- Maya Jasan
"beautifully produced, closely argued and deeply researched...an important, weighty book. It deserves close scrutiny and a warm reception." --Prof. Denis Judd, BBC History Magazine
"a hefty, exceptionally learned and exhaustively ... researched book ... Hoock's feel for the creative disorderliness of the time is a pleasure" --Simon Schama, Financial Times
"a learned, engrossing book. ... For anybody interested in British painting, military history or the culture of empire, this is a sumptuous treat indeed." --Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph
"ambitious, authoritative survey of British visual culture in an age of imperial ascent" --Maya Jasanoff, Guardian
'Empires Of The Imagination is a remarkable achievement, as sumptuous in argument as it is in presentation.'
--Brian Morton, Sunday Herald
"Hoock's analysis is of an astonishing breadth. It proves equally entertaining and encyclopaedic by virtue of good story-telling" --Deborah Rosario, Oxonian Review
Book Description
This scholarly yet highly accessible book illuminates the manifold ways in which the culture of power and the power of culture were interwoven and shaped the character of British public life.
