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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784323103321

Titolo

The British world : diaspora, culture, and identity / / editors, Carl Bridge and Kent Fedorowich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Portland, Or. : , : F. Cass, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-75958-8

1-135-75959-6

1-280-09542-3

0-203-00911-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BridgeCarl

FedorowichKent <1959->

Disciplina

909/.0971241

Soggetti

Group identity - Great Britain - Colonies - History

National characteristics, British

Great Britain Colonies History

Great Britain Colonies Emigration and immigration History

Great Britain Emigration and immigration History

Commonwealth countries Civilization

Great Britain Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This group of studies first appeared as a special issue of The Journal of imperial and Commonwealth history (ISSN 0308-6534), Volume  31, no. 2, May 2003, published by Frank Cass"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Mapping the British World; NOTES; British Emigration to the Empire-Commonwealth since 1880: From Overseas Settlement to Diaspora?; I; II; III; IV; NOTES; A New Class of Women for the Colonies: The Imperial Colonistand the Construction of Empire; I; II; III; IV; NOTES; The Welsh World and the British Empire, c.1851–1939: An Exploration; I; II; III; IV; NOTES; Revisiting Anglicisation in the Nineteenth-Century Cape Colony; I; II; NOTES

The Crown, Empire Loyalism and the Assimilation of Non-British White Subjects in the British World: An Argument against 'Ethnic Determinism'I; II; III; IV; NOTES; Britishness and Australia: Some



Reflections; I; II; III; IV; NOTES; Hugh Wyndham, Transvaal Politics and the Attempt to Create an English Country Seat in South Africa, 1901–14; I; II; III; IV; NOTES; Casting Daylight upon Magic: Deconstructing the Royal Tour of 1901 to Canada; I; II; III; IV; NOTES; Communication and Integration: The British and Dominions Press and the British World, c.1876–19

Sommario/riassunto

This 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.