LEADER 03385oam 2200709I 450 001 9910824329203321 005 20151002020706.0 010 $a1-315-65313-3 010 $a1-317-31515-4 010 $a1-281-12499-0 010 $a9786611124991 010 $a1-85196-545-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315653136 035 $a(CKB)1000000000481133 035 $a(EBL)328109 035 $a(OCoLC)476125188 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000271847 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11206544 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000271847 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10295577 035 $a(PQKB)11230565 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1510769 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4014430 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC328109 035 $a(OCoLC)948602714 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781851965458 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000481133 100 $a20180706d20162007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA wider patriotism $eAlfred Milner and the British Empire /$fby J. Lee Thompson 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (265 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aEmpires in perspective ;$v2 300 $aFirst published 2007 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited. 311 $a1-138-66348-4 311 $a1-85196-891-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart I. A question about which I have never been able to see the other side -- Part II. Civilian soldier of the empire : South Africa -- Part III. Constructive imperialism -- Part IV. Imperialism on the anvil. 330 $aWhen Alfred Milner (1854-1925) was knighted, he took as his motto Communis Patria, 'patriotism for our common country'. By this he meant the wider patriotism of the British Empire, the furthering of which he made his life's work. This is the first study of Milner to take his politics, or 'constructive' imperialism as its primary theme. His career is examined as a whole, from the genesis of his imperial ideology at Oxford, through his time as High Commissioner in South Africa during the Boer War, to his days as Minister of War during the final seven months of the First World War. Famously, Milner propagated his ideas through his 'kindergarten', a group of like-minded young male acolytes. In this fascinating book, J Lee Thompson also discovers a group of young female supporters of his vision. This book is based on extensive primary research in archives in the UK, North America and South Africa. 410 0$aEmpires in perspective. 606 $aStatesmen$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aColonial administrators$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aColonial administrators$zSouth Africa$vBiography 607 $aSouth Africa$xHistory$y1836-1909 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1837-1901 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1901-1936 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies 615 0$aStatesmen 615 0$aColonial administrators 615 0$aColonial administrators 676 $a941.083092 700 $aThompson$b J. Lee$f1951-$0476012 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824329203321 996 $aA wider patriotism$93999615 997 $aUNINA