John C. Mitcham (Pittsburgh Duquesne University)

Race and Imperial Defence in the British World, 1870-1914

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Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive account of the cultural and racial origins of the imperial security partnership between Britain and the dominions. John C. Mitcham demonstrates how a shared concept of 'Britishness' led to closer relations between the self-governing states of the empire, ultimately resulting in a unified effort during the Great War.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 267
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 158mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 564g
• ISBN-13: 9781107138995
• ISBN-10: 110713899X
• Artikelnr.: 44124376

Autorenporträt

John C. Mitcham is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh. He holds a Ph.D. in Modern European History from the University of Alabama. He has received fellowships from the University of Alabama and the Australian Army Historical Unit, and has lectured throughout the United States, Europe, and Australia. He is an active member of the British Scholar Society, the Society for Military History, and the North American Conference of British Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Imperial Britons: race, identity, and Greater Britain
2. Defending Greater Britain: race and the evolution of Victorian imperial defense
3. Imperial unity, masculinity, and the South African war
4. The empire on parade: public representations of Greater Britain
5. 'Sea league of all the Britons': race, navalism, and empire
6. A young Briton's duty: youth, militarism, and empire
7. 'A Britannic alliance': the dominions and imperial defense policy, 1900-14
Conclusion: the 'call of the blood': the empire and the outbreak of the Great War
Bibliography
Index.