Foreign Cultural Policy in the Interbellum : : The Italian Dante Alighieri Society and the British Council Contesting the Mediterranean / / Tamara van Kessel.
This book considers the growing awareness in the wake of World War I that culture could play an effective political role in international relations. Tamara van Kessel shows how the British created the British Council in support of those cultural aims, which took on particular urgency in light of the...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2017] ©2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Heritage and Memory Studies ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 6 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The Development Of Foreign Cultural Policy
- 2. The Dante Alighieri Society And The British Council
- 3. Constructions Of 'Italianità' And 'Britishness
- 4. The Battle For Cultural Hegemony In Malta
- 5. National Culture And Imperial Conquest
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Index