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Podcast: New Books in Ancient History
Episode: Mark Bradley, “Classics and Imperialism in the British Empire” (Oxford UP, 2010)
Description: The Greco-Roman world was the prism through which the British viewed their imperial efforts, and Mark Bradley’s compendium Classics and Imperialism in the British Empire (Oxford University Press, 2010) explores the various ways in which this reception of the classics occurred. From museums, to oratorical texts, to theories of race, the classical world was a reference point for the imperial British. Bradley’s book looks at how the British thought about the classical world at a time when they were confronted by their own role as empire builders.There was the desire to reinforce, to justify their clai...