{"product_id":"visions-of-empire-patriotism-popular-culture-and-the-city-18701939-studies-in-imperialism-9780719078569","title":"Visions of Empire Patriotism Popular Culture and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eVisions of Empire is a welcome addition to\u003cbr\u003ethe debate about British cultural imperialism.\u003cbr\u003eWith the advent of ‘the global’, paying heed\u003cbr\u003eto ‘the local’ can add much to historical\u003cbr\u003eunderstanding. A new history of empire is\u003cbr\u003edeveloping which highlights the ambiguity\u003cbr\u003eand elasticity of popular imperialism. Beaven’s\u003cbr\u003ework advances this and presents a\u003cbr\u003eserious challenge to recent national and transnational\u003cbr\u003estudies of the cultural dispersal of\u003cbr\u003eimperial ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral Editor’s introduction\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e1. Cities in context: Civic culture, new journalism and the creation of local and imperial identities, 1870–1939\u003cbr\u003e2. The city and the imperial mission 1850–1914\u003cbr\u003e3. Civic ceremony and the citizen-soldier during the Boer War, 1899–1902\u003cbr\u003e4. fragmenting communities: Patriotism, empire and the First World War\u003cbr\u003e5. Educating the future citizens of empire: Working-class schooling c. 1870–1939\u003cbr\u003e6. Transmitting the imperial message: Empire Day and the 1924 Wembley Exhibition \u003cbr\u003e7. Mass entertainment, popular culture and imperial societies, 1870–1939\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 1: Principal newspapers in Portsmouth, Coventry and Leeds c. 1800 to 1940'\u003cbr\u003eAppendix 2: A sample of theatre, music hall and cinema entertainment in Portsmouth, Coventry and Leeds 1870–1939\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037321757015,"sku":"9780719078569","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719078569.jpg?v=1750935283","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/visions-of-empire-patriotism-popular-culture-and-the-city-18701939-studies-in-imperialism-9780719078569","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}