Royals on Tour Politics, Pageantry and Colonialism

Travel by European and 'native' monarchs and other royals between Europe, Asia and Africa developed as a new form of personal and international politics in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The pageantry and politics of royal tours during the age of empire provides great insight into modern monarchy, colonialism and transnational cultural encounters.

About the author

Robert Aldrich is Professor of European History at The University of Sydney

Cindy McCreery is Senior Lecturer in History at The University of Sydney

Summary

Travel by European and ‘native’ monarchs and other royals between Europe, Asia and Africa developed as a new form of personal and international politics in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The pageantry and politics of royal tours during the age of empire provides great insight into modern monarchy, colonialism and transnational cultural encounters. -- .

Product details

• Assisted by: Robert Aldrich (Editor), Cindy Mccreery (Editor), Robert (Professor of European History at the University of Sydney) Aldrich (Editor), Cindy (Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Sydney) McCreery (Editor), Robert (University of Sydney Australia) Aldrich (Editor), Andrew Thompson (Editor), Aldrich Robert (Editor), McCreery Cindy (Editor)
• Authors: Robert Aldrich, Robert (University of Sydney Australia) M Aldrich
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 31.05.2018
• Subject: Non-fiction book; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories
• EAN: 9781526109378
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-0937-8
• Pages: 296
• Dimensions (packing): 16.4 x 24 x 2.2 cm
• Series: Studies in Imperialism; Studies in Imperialism Mup; Studies in Imperialism Mup; Print on Demand; Studies in Imperialism
• Subjects: Royal Navy, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Travel, Empire, Asia, HISTORY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, royalty, Africa, General & world history, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism, Colonialism and imperialism, General and world history, britishness, princes, Monarchy; Colonialism; Empire; Royal tours; Travel; Royalty; Modern Europe; Asia; Africa; Princes; British princes; British subjects; Britishness; Emperor Khai Dinh; entourage; global tours; imperial authority; Imperial citizenship; Kaiser Wilhelm II, Modern Europe, Entourage, imperial citizenship, Royal Tours, royal visitor, global tours, Maharaja of Gondal, royal personage, Smuts's Raj, King Sisowath, Sultan Alauddin of Aceh, Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, imperial authority, British princes, British subjects, Emperor Khai Dinh