Imperial citizenship: empire and the question of belonging
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Main Author: Gorman, Daniel 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester, UK Manchester University Press 2006
Series:Studies in imperialism
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Online Access:DE-1046
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pt. I. Theories of imperial citizenship. Lionel Curtis : imperial citizenship as a prelude to world government ; John Buchan, romantic imperialism, and the question of who belongs ; The imperial garden : Arnold White and the parochial view of imperial citizenship -- pt. II. Experiments in imperial citizenship. Richard Jebb, intra-imperial immigration, and the practical problems of imperial citizenship ; 'Practical imperialism' : Thomas Sedgewick and imperial emigration ; The failure of imperial citizenship
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-238) and index
This is the first book-length study of the ideological foundations of British imperialism in the early twentieth century. By focusing on the concept of imperial citizenship, the book illustrates how the political, cultural and intellectual underpinnings of Empire were constructed and challenged by forces in both Britain and the 'Britons overseas', in the settlement colonies of Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. Debates about imperial citizenship reveal how Britons conceived the Empire: was it an extension of the nation-state, a collection of separate and distinct communities, or a type of 'world state'? These debates also discussed the place of Empire in British society, its importance to the national identity and the degree to which imperial subjects were or were not seen as 'fellow Britons'. This public discourse was at its most fervent from the South African War (1899-1902) to the early 1920s, when Britain emerged victorious, shocked and exhausted from the Great War.--Book jacket
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 243 pages)
ISBN:1847791425
9781847791429

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