| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - And, just as many of the collectors tried to re-create themselves with a newfound social status, Britain ???reinvented??? itself over the years as a global power. ???Instead of seeing collecting as a manifestation of imperial power, I see the British Empire itself as a kind of collection: pieced together and gaining definition over time, shaped by a range of circumstances, accidents and intentions
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