MacKenzie / Unknown European Empires and the People

Popular responses to imperialism in France, Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Italy
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1830-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 86, 256 Seiten, Web PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Studies in Imperialism

The first book to survey, in a comparative form, the transmission of imperial ideas to the public in six European countries. It provides fascinating parallel studies of France, Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Italy, examining the media and the content through which events in colonial empires were broadcast into the popular domain.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unknown,

MacKenzie, John M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations
Contributors
1. Introduction by John M. MacKenzie
2. Exalting Imperial Grandeur: the French Empire and its metropolitan public - Berny Sèbe
3. Passion or Indifference: popular imperialism in Britain, continuities and discontinuities over two centuries - John M. MacKenzie
4. Songs of an imperial underdog: imperialism and popular culture in the Netherlands, 1870-1960 - Vincent Kuitenbrouwer
5.Learning to Love Leopold: Belgian popular imperialism, 1830-1960 -Matthew G. Stanard
6. Imagination and beyond: cultures and geographies of imperialism in Germany, 1848-1918 - Bernhard Gissibl
7. ‘The Peasants did not think of Africa’: Empire and the Italian state’s pursuit of legitimacy, 1871-1945 - Giuseppe Finaldi
8. Afterword - Matthew G. Stanard
Index

Über Autor(innen)

MacKenzie John M.:
John MacKenzie is Emeritus Professor of Imperial History, Lancaster University and holds Honorary Professorships at Aberdeen, St Andrews and Stirling, as well as an Honorary Fellowship at Edinburgh.John M. MacKenzie is Professor Emeritus of Imperial History at Lancaster University