Visions of Empire - Patriotism, Popular Culture and the City, 18701939

Informationen zum Autor Brad Beaven is Principal Lecturer in History at the University of Portsmouth Klappentext This book offers a ground-breaking perspective on how imperial culture was disseminated from the 1890s onward. It identifies the important synergies that grew between a new civic culture and the wider imperial project. Three case studies are considered against an extensive analysis of seminal and current historiography. Zusammenfassung This book offers a ground-breaking perspective on how imperial culture was disseminated from the 1890s onward. It identifies the important synergies that grew between a new civic culture and the wider imperial project. Three case studies are considered against an extensive analysis of seminal and current historiography. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis General Editor's introductionIntroduction 1. Cities in context: Civic culture, new journalism and the creation of local and imperial identities, 1870-19392. The city and the imperial mission 1850-19143. Civic ceremony and the citizen-soldier during the Boer War, 1899-19024. fragmenting communities: Patriotism, empire and the First World War5. Educating the future citizens of empire: Working-class schooling c. 1870-19396. Transmitting the imperial message: Empire Day and the 1924 Wembley Exhibition 7. Mass entertainment, popular culture and imperial societies, 1870-1939ConclusionAppendix 1: Principal newspapers in Portsmouth, Coventry and Leeds c. 1800 to 1940'Appendix 2: A sample of theatre, music hall and cinema entertainment in Portsmouth, Coventry and Leeds 1870-1939BibliographyIndex

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• Authors: Brad Beaven, Beaven Brad
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.01.2017
• EAN: 9781526106698
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-0669-8
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Studies in Imperialism; Studies in Imperialism Mup; Studies in Imperialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period)