Imperial Commonwealth - Australia and the Project of Empire, 1867-1914

The Imperial Commonwealth examines what empire meant to late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Australian settler colonists, how it seemed to entail special obligations for white settlers of British heritage, and how, in developing settler colonial categories of empire, Australian itself became an empire.

About the author

Wm. Matthew Kennedy was recently a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow and is now a Research Associate at the University of Sussex

Summary

The Imperial Commonwealth examines what empire meant to late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Australian settler colonists, how it seemed to entail special obligations for white settlers of British heritage, and how, in developing settler colonial categories of empire, Australian itself became an empire. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Wm Matthew Kennedy, Wm. Matthew Kennedy
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781526162755
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-6275-5
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Studies in Imperialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Australia, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, c 1800 to c 1900, Colonialism & imperialism, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Social and cultural history, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Australasian & Pacific history, Colonialism and imperialism, Australasian and Pacific history