D. Stephen

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The Empire of Progress (eBook, PDF)

West Africans, Indians, and Britons at the British Empire Exhibition, 1924-25

Beschreibung

This much-needed study of the British Empire Exhibition reveals durable, persistent connections between empire and domestic society in Britain during the interwar years. It demonstrates that the Exhibition was a marker of how by 1924, imperial relations were increasingly likely to be shaped by forces located on the colonial periphery.

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Autor

Daniel Stephen is Lecturer in History at University of Colorado Boulder, USA. His work has appeared in Twentieth Century British History and The Journal of British Studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137325129
• Artikelnr.: 40722559

Rezensionen

'The largest and most ambitious in the tradition of imperial expositions, the 1924 Empire Exhibition brought the empire 'home' to the outskirts of north London, heralding a new era of imperial unity and development while adhering to the principle of colonial self-sufficiency and reproducing racist caricatures. In the first book-length account of the exhibition at Wembley, its context, and its contradictions, Stephens provides new insight into the British Empire during the interwar years, when it reached a tenuous apex and inspired mounting opposition both in Britain and in the colonies.' - Marc Matera, Assistant Professor, History Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

'This is an insightful, well-written study of

the often overlooked Wembley Empire Exhibition of 1924-25 that treats with great sensitivity the fair's non-European participants. That The Empire of Progress does so within the context of twentieth-century British history and the history of Britain's empire is all the more impressive.' - Jeffrey Auerbach, Professor of History, California State University Northridge, USA

'The Empire of Progress is a welcome addition to the literature on the inter-war empire. It provides a comprehensive and illuminating study of the contribution the 1924-5 Empire Exhibition made to promoting an 'empire consciousness' and to the evolution of emergent discourses of colonial development in the wider context of new post-war challenges to the Britishempire, including the growth of anti-colonial resistance.' - Barbara Bush, Emeritus Professor of History, Sheffield Hallam University, UK