Enlightenment, Empire and Lachlan Macquarie’s Journey Through Persia and Russia
2009; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 6; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2104/ha090070
ISSN1833-4881
Autores Tópico(s)Islamic Studies and History
ResumoAbstractIn 1807 Lachlan Macquarie travelled to Britain from India via the Middle East and Russia. He was particularly impressed with the city of St Petersburg. Scholars have paid little attention to this journey, but this article argues that Macquarie's 1807 travel journals shed light on his attitudes and values. In particular, it argues that St Petersburg and the workings of the Russian police state left a lasting impression that informed his conduct as governor in New South Wales. Additional informationNotes on contributorsAnthony PageAnthony Page is lecturer in European History at the University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia. Author of John Jebb and the Enlightenment Origins of British Radicalism (2003), he is reviews editor for the journal Enlightenment and Dissent and is researching various aspects of Unitarianism and Enlightenment in eighteenth-century Britain. He is currently writing a book titled Britain and the Seventy Years War, 1745–1815: Enlightenment, Revolution and Empire for Palgrave Macmillan's British History in Perspective series.
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