TY - BOOK AU - Hagerman,Christopher TI - Britain's imperial muse : the classics, imperialism, and the Indian empire, 1784-1914 SN - 9780230278615 AV - DS463 .H34 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-259) and index; Classical education and Britain's imperial elite -- Classical discourse: imperial dimensions -- Classical discourse and British imperial identity: the nature of empire -- Classical discourse and British imperial identity: the civilizing mission -- Classical discourse and British imperial identity: the imperial character -- Classical discourse and the decline and fall of empires -- Classical discourse and British conceptions of India -- Classical discourse in British India I: coping with life in India -- Classical discourse in British India II: secret knowledge ER -