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Palgrave Macmillan Britains Imperial Muse The Classics Imperialism and the Indian Empire 1784-1914 by C A Hagerman
Britain's Imperial Muse explores the classics' contribution to British imperialism and to the experience of empire in India through the long 19th century. It reveals the classics role as a foundational source for positive conceptions of empire and a rhetorical arsenal used by commentators to justify conquest and domination, especially of India.