Culture and Imperialism
by Edward Said
Culture and Imperialism is Edward Said's book of essays, first published by Alfred A. Knopf in New York in February 1993, with a Chatto & Windus edition in London the same year. Extending Orientalism, it reads canonical Western novels alongside the empires that produced them.
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- Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1993
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- Chatto & Windus, 1993
Culture and Imperialism by Edward Said was first published in 1993. We track 2 editions.
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We track 2 editions of Culture and Imperialism. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
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Culture and Imperialism by Edward Said was first published in 1993.
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- Culture and Imperialism, Kirkus Reviews, 1992 (kirkusreviews.com)
- Culture & Imperialism, Bauman Rare Books (baumanrarebooks.com)
- Culture and Imperialism, Wikipedia, 2026 (en.wikipedia.org)
- Culture and imperialism (Knopf, 1993), Open Library (openlibrary.org)
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