Britain and its empire in the shadow of Rome : the reception of Rome in socio-political debate from the 1850s to the 1920s / Sarah J. Butler

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462533803321
• Autore: Butler Sarah J.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Bloomsbury, 2012
• ISBN: 1-4725-4062-X; 1-4411-1608-7; 1-283-70615-6; 1-4411-7778-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
• Collana: Cultural memory and history in antiquity
• Disciplina: 941.081
• Soggetti: Holy Roman Empire; Political sociology - 19th century; Political sociology - 20th century; Great Britain Colonies
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- 1: Ancient Rome and the Debate on the British Empire -- 2: Ancient Rome and the Debate on the Nation -- 3: Ancient Rome and the Debate on the City -- Summary -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "Drawing on new primary source evidence, this volume evaluates ancient Rome's influence on an English intellectual tradition from the 1850s to the 1920s as politicians, scientists, economists and social reformers addressed three fundamental debates of the period - Empire, Nation, and City. These debates emerged as a result of political, economic and social change both in the Empire and Britain, and coalesced around issues of degeneracy, morality, and community. As ideas of political freedom were subsumed by ideas of civilization, best preserved by technocratic governance, the political and historical focus on Republican Rome was gradually displaced by interest in the Imperial period of the Roman emperors. Moreover, as the spectre of the British Empire and Nation in decline increased towards the turn of the nineteenth century, the reception of Imperial Rome itself was transformed. By the 1920s, following the end of World War I, Imperial ; Rome was conjured into a new framework echoing that of the British Empire and appealing to the surging nationalistic mood."--Bloomsbury Publishing; Drawing on new primary source evidence, this volume evaluates ancient Rome's influence on an English intellectual tradition from the 1850s to the 1920s as politicians, scientists, economists and social reformers addressed three fundamental debates of the period - Empire, Nation and City. These debates emerged as a result of political, economic and social change both in the Empire and Britain, and coalesced around issues of degeneracy, morality and community. As ideas of political freedom were subsumed by ideas of civilization, best preserved by technocratic governance, the political and historical focus on Republican Rome was gradually displaced by interest in the Imperial period of the Roman emperors. Moreover, as the spectre of the British Empire and Nation in decline increased towards the turn of the nineteenth century, the reception of Imperial Rome itself was transformed. By the 1920s, following the end of World War I, Imperial Rome was conjured into a new framework echoing that of the British Empire and appealing to the surging nationalistic mood.