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Visions of Empire: Patriotism, Popular Culture and the City, 1870-1939

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Visions of Empire: Patriotism, Popular Culture and the City, 1870-1939
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Brad Beaven
SeriesStudies in Imperialism
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:248
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreBritish and Irish History
Colonialism and imperialism
ISBN/Barcode 9781526106698
ClassificationsDewey:941.081
Audience
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations 6 black & white illustrations, 9 tables

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 3 January 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The emergence of a vibrant imperial culture in British society from the 1890s both fascinated and appalled contemporaries. It has also consistently provoked controversy among historians. This book offers a ground-breaking perspective on how imperial culture was disseminated. It identifies the important synergies that grew between a new civic culture and the wider imperial project. Beaven shows that the ebb and flow of imperial enthusiasm was shaped through a fusion of local patriotism and a broader imperial identity. Imperial culture was neither generic nor unimportant but was instead multi-layered and recast to capture the concerns of a locality. The book draws on a rich seam of primary sources from three representative English cities. These case studies are considered against an extensive analysis of seminal and current historiography. This renders the book invaluable to those interested in the fields of imperialism, social and cultural history, popular culture, historical geography and urban history. -- .

Author Biography

Brad Beaven is Principal Lecturer in History at the University of Portsmouth -- .

Reviews

Visions of Empire is a welcome addition to the debate about British cultural imperialism. With the advent of 'the global', paying heed to 'the local' can add much to historical understanding. A new history of empire is developing which highlights the ambiguity and elasticity of popular imperialism. Beaven's work advances this and presents a serious challenge to recent national and transnational studies of the cultural dispersal of imperial ideas. -- .