Brad Beaven

Visions of empire

Patriotism, popular culture and the city, 1870-1939

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 589g
• ISBN-13: 9780719078569
• ISBN-10: 0719078563
• Artikelnr.: 36126677

Autorenporträt

Brad Beaven is a Professor of Social and Cultural History at the University of Portsmouth.

Inhaltsangabe

General Editor's introduction Introduction 1. Cities in context: Civic
culture, new journalism and the creation of local and imperial identities,
1870-1939 2. The city and the imperial mission 1850-1914 3. Civic ceremony
and the citizen-soldier during the Boer War, 1899-1902 4. fragmenting
communities: Patriotism, empire and the First World War 5. Educating the
future citizens of empire: Working-class schooling c. 1870-1939 6.
Transmitting the imperial message: Empire Day and the 1924 Wembley
Exhibition 7. Mass entertainment, popular culture and imperial societies,
1870-1939 Conclusion Appendix 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 1870-1939
Bibliography Index