LEADER 04142nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910778222303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-691-15116-4 010 $a1-282-15766-3 010 $a9786612157660 010 $a1-4008-2797-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400827978 035 $a(CKB)1000000000788433 035 $a(EBL)457751 035 $a(OCoLC)505076478 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000175982 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11152280 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000175982 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10203335 035 $a(PQKB)10300426 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000591102 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12231597 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000591102 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10673117 035 $a(PQKB)11366225 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36510 035 $a(DE-B1597)446975 035 $a(OCoLC)979576851 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400827978 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL457751 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10312550 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL215766 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC457751 035 $a(PPN)26337372X 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000788433 100 $a20070123d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe idea of greater Britain$b[electronic resource] $eempire and the future of world order, 1860-1900 /$fDuncan Bell 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (335 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-12865-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-311) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $t1 Introduction: Building Greater Britain -- $t2 Global Competition and Democracy -- $t3 Time, Space, Empire -- $t4 Empire, Nation, State -- $t5 The Politics of the Constitution -- $t6 The Apostle of Unity -- $t7 The Prophet of Righteousness -- $t8 From Ancient to Modern -- $t9 Envisioning America -- $t10 Conclusion: Lineages of Greater Britain -- $tSelect Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aDuring the tumultuous closing decades of the nineteenth century, as the prospect of democracy loomed and as intensified global economic and strategic competition reshaped the political imagination, British thinkers grappled with the question of how best to organize the empire. Many found an answer to the anxieties of the age in the idea of Greater Britain, a union of the United Kingdom and its settler colonies in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and southern Africa. In The Idea of Greater Britain, Duncan Bell analyzes this fertile yet neglected debate, examining how a wide range of thinkers conceived of this vast "Anglo-Saxon" political community. Their proposals ranged from the fantastically ambitious--creating a globe-spanning nation-state--to the practical and mundane--reinforcing existing ties between the colonies and Britain. But all of these ideas were motivated by the disquiet generated by democracy, by challenges to British global supremacy, and by new possibilities for global cooperation and communication that anticipated today's globalization debates. Exploring attitudes toward the state, race, space, nationality, and empire, as well as highlighting the vital theoretical functions played by visions of Greece, Rome, and the United States, Bell illuminates important aspects of late-Victorian political thought and intellectual life. 606 $aImperialism$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aNational characteristics, British 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xCivilization$y19th century 615 0$aImperialism$xHistory 615 0$aNational characteristics, British. 676 $a909/.0971241081 686 $a15.70$2bcl 700 $aBell$b Duncan$f1976-$01468943 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778222303321 996 $aThe idea of greater Britain$93839346 997 $aUNINA