The appropriation of the Phoenicians in British imperial ideology
Champion, Timothy (2001) The appropriation of the Phoenicians in British imperial ideology. Nations and Nationalism, 7, (4), 451-467. (doi:10.1111/1469-8219.00027).
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The Phoenicians played ambivalent roles in Western historical imagination. One such role was as a valued predecessor and prototype for the industrial and maritime enterprise of nineteenth-century imperial Britain. Explicit parallels were drawn in historical representations and more popular culture. It was widely believed that the Phoenicians had been present in Britain, especially in Cornwall, despite a lack of convincing historical evidence, and much importance was placed on supposed archaeological evidence. Ideological tensions arose from the need to reconcile ancient and modern Britain, and from the Semitic origin of the Phoenicians. This example shows the power of archaeological objects to provide material support for national and imperial constructions of the past.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 1354-5078 (print) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races D History General and Old World > DE The Mediterranean Region. The Greco-Roman World C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Humanities > Archaeology |
| Item ID: | 40592 |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 11:48 |
| Contributors: | Champion, Timothy (Author) |
| Date: | 2001 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | t.c.champion@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/40592 |
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