empire & world system
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Empire & World System. Problems of Representation. Level I: Technological. Level II: Political / Cultural. By 1900: ¼ of globe’s surface ruled formally by England (“informal e mpire” larger). 400 million people formally subject to British sovereignty; more under “influence”. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Empire & World SystemProblems of Representation
Level I: Technological
By 1900: ¼ of globe’s surface ruled formally by England (“informalempire” larger).400 million people formally subject to British sovereignty; more under “influence”
Level II: Political / Cultural
George Cruikshank,The British Beehive, 1867, etching
Level III: Economic
Bleak House (1853) as World System?
Dickens’ massive novel, inspired by the Great Exhibition (1851)
Mrs. Jellyby: “telescopic philanthropy” http://www.princeton.edu/~asfaw/resources/images/
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