The 'Sailor Prince' in the Age of Empire [[electronic resource] ] : Creating a Monarchical Brand in Nineteenth-Century Europe / / by Miriam Magdalena Schneider
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Schneider Miriam Magdalena
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| Titolo: |
The 'Sailor Prince' in the Age of Empire [[electronic resource] ] : Creating a Monarchical Brand in Nineteenth-Century Europe / / by Miriam Magdalena Schneider
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| Pubblicazione: | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2017. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (XII, 309 p. 13 illus., 7 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina: | 940.903 |
| Soggetto topico: | Europe—History—1492- |
| Military history | |
| Civilization—History | |
| History, Modern | |
| Imperialism | |
| History of Modern Europe | |
| History of Military | |
| Cultural History | |
| Modern History | |
| Imperialism and Colonialism | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 1. Introduction: A royal Prince who is also a Sailor -- 2. Monarchy at sea: The maritime dimension of nationalization -- 3. Princes in disguise: The myths of equality and professionalism -- 4. To the empire’s ends: Mobility in a globalizing world -- 5. Princes living on the edge: Celebrity and the markets -- 6. Conclusion: A brand enters series production -- Note on sources -- List of archival and newspaper sources -- Index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book explores the puzzling phenomenon of the remarkable revival of monarchy in nineteenth-century Europe through a new prism: the public persona of the ‘Sailor Prince’. It highlights how four usually overlooked dynastic figures – the younger sons and brothers of monarchs such as Queen Victoria or Emperor William II – decisively helped to advertise their respective dynasties in the fiercely contested political and popular mass market, by aligning them with one of the most myth-invested cultural presences and power-political symbols of the Age of Empire: the navy. The 'Sailor Prince' in the Age of Empire traces the unusual professional careers, the adventurous empire travels and the multifaceted public representations of Prince Alfred of Britain (1844-1900), Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1862-1929), Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858-1939) and Prince Georgios of Greece (1869-1957). Through the prism of these four personality brands, the study also investigates issues such as the role of the maritime sphere in national identity, the nature and extent of nineteenth-century monarchical modernization, the relevance of intra- and inter-imperial royal diplomacy in the Age of High Imperialism, and the curious collaboration of middle-class opinion-makers and entrepreneurs with Europe’s monarchical establishment. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The 'Sailor Prince' in the Age of Empire |
| ISBN: | 3-319-63600-6 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910255260003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Palgrave Studies in Modern Monarchy