Imperial citizenship [[electronic resource] ] : empire and the question of belonging / / Daniel Gorman

• Autore: Gorman Daniel
• Pubblicazione: Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.08
• Soggetto topico: Citizenship; Imperialism; Nationalism; Citizenship - History; Imperialism - History; Nationalism - History
• Soggetto non controllato: Boer War; British imperialism; Great War; early twentieth century; empire; imperial citizenship; imperial subjects; nation-state; national identity; settlement colonies
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. Theories of imperial citizenship -- pt. II. Experiments in imperial citizenship.
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the first book-length study of the ideological foundations of British imperialism in the twentieth century. Drawing on the thinking of imperial activists, publicists, ideologues, and travelers such as Lionel Curtis, John Buchan, Arnold White, Richard Jebb and Thomas Sedgwick, this book offers a comparative history of how the idea of imperial citizenship took hold in early twentieth-century Britain, and how it helped foster the articulation of a broader British world. It reveals how imperial citizenship as a form of imperial identity was challenged by voices in both Britain and the empi
• Titolo autorizzato: Imperial citizenship
• ISBN: 1-78170-073-7; 1-84779-142-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791739103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)