Description
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays is based upon the assumption that the British Empire was held together not merely by ties of trade and defence, but by a shared sense of British identity that linked British communities around the globe. Focusing on the themes of migration, identity and the media, this book is an exploration of these and other interconnected themes that help define the British World of the late 19th and 20th centuries.
Trade Review'A variety of valuable insights into the social and cultural networks of the British empire.'
Tilman Dedering, University of South Africa
Table of ContentsMapping the British world, Carl Bridge and Kent Federowich; British emigration tot he Empire-Commonwealth since 1880 - from overseas settlement to diaspora?, Stephen Constantine; a new class of women for the colonies - The Imperial Colonist and the construction of Empire, Lisa Chilton; the Welsh world and the British Empire c. 1851-1939 - an exploration, Aled Jones and Bill Jones; revisiting Anglicisation in the 19th-century Cape Colony, Vivian Bickford-Smith; the Crown, Empire loyalism and the assimilation of non-British white subjects in the British world - an argument against ethnic determinism, Donal Lowry; Britishness and Australia - some reflections, Neville Meany; Hugh Wyndham, Transvaal politics and the attempt to create an English country seat in South Africa, 1901-14, Ian van der Waag; casting daylight upon magic - deconstructing the Royal Tour of 1901 to Canada, Phillip Buckner; communication and integration - the British and Dominions Press and the British world, Simon J. Potter; brushing up your Empire - dominion and colonial propaganda on the BBC's Home Services 1939-45, Sian Nicholas.
