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engines of empire engines of empire Steamships and the Victorian Imagination douglas r. burgess jr. Stanford University Press Stanford, California Stanford University Press Stanford, California ©2016 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Burgess, Douglas R., Jr., author. Title: Engines of empire : steamships and the Victorian imagination / Douglas R. Burgess, Jr. Description: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2015045652 (print) | LCCN 2015047877 (ebook) | ISBN 9780804798068 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780804798983 (e-book) Subjects: LCSH: Steamboats--Great Britain--History--19th century. | Steamboats--United States--History--19th century. | Steam-navigation--History--19th century. | Passenger ships--History--19th century. | Imperialism--History--19th century. | Tourism--History--19th century. Classification: LCC VM657 .B87 2016 (print) | LCC VM657 (ebook) | DDC 387.2/044--dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015045652 Typeset by Bruce Lundquist in 10⁄15 Minion For my father, Douglas R. Burgess Sr., who taught me to love the Sea. table of contents Prologue: The Bristol Crowd, 1843 1 Introduction: Annihilating Space 7 part i. spectators 1. Phantasmagoria: Steam and Spectacle in the Public Sphere 21 2. Selling the Mammoth: The Commodification of Wonder 43 3. Leviathans: Ships as Fantasy 67 4. Honor and Glory Crowning Time: Disaster Sermons and the Cult of Technology 92 part ii. tourists 5. Ordinary Escapes: American Steamboats and the Masquerade of Class 123 6. One Small Iron Country: Social Hierarchies on the North Atlantic 147 7. Vandals Abroad: Travelogues and the Pleasure Cruise 165 8. The Dollars Are Coming: Steam Tourism and the Transformation of Space 192 part iii. imperials 9. Tiffin for Griffins: Educating Imperial Administrators on the Long Voyage 223 10. The Floating Kaiser: Steamships and National Identity 249 11. Sitting in Darkness: Critiquing Imperialism from the Top Deck 270 viii Table of Contents Conclusion: Transportation Is Civilization 287 Notes 295 Bibliography 327 Index 339 engines of empire
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