Royal tourists, colonial subjects and the making of a British world, 1860-1911 / Charles V. Reed.

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Reed, Charles V [author]

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computer

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9781784996888
1784996882
9781526123848
1526123843

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Royal tourists, colonial subjects and the making of a British world, 1860-1911DDC classification:

941.081 23

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DA28.1 .R44 2016eb

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Contents:

Prologue: Chief Sandile encounters the British Empire; Introduction; The royal tour; The making of imperial culture; Global Britishness and imperial citizenship; Chapter overview; Note on terminology; Chapter 1. British royals at home with the empire; Inventing the Great Queen; The Queen/Mother; The Prince Consort; Royal children; Alfred; Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales; George; Conclusion.

Chapter 2. Naturalising British rule; Moshoeshoe (1860); Ngoza (1860); Kingitanga (1869-70); The Gaekwad of Baroda (1875); Nizam of Hyderabad (1875); The royal tour of 1901; Chapter 3. Building new Jerusalems: global Britishness and settler cultures in South Africa and New Zealand; Colonial print cultures; Britishness and citizenship; South Africa (1860); Cape Town; Graham's Town; New Zealand (1869-71); Auckland; Wellington; South Africa and New Zealand (1901); Conclusion.

Chapter 4. 'Positively cosmopolitan': Britishness, respectability, and imperial citizenship; Respectability in world history; Men of the (British) world; The independent press: India; India (1875-76); The independent press: South Africa; South Africa (1901); Conclusion; Chapter 5. The empire comes home: colonial subjects and the appeal for imperial justice; The Maori King in London; South Africans against Union; Postscript and conclusion; Bibliography; Manuscripts; Archives New Zealand, Wellington; British Library, London; National Archives, Kew; Northwestern University Archives, Evanston, IL; Queensland Women's Historical Association, Brisbane ; Royal Collection, London; University of Birmingham; University of Cape Town; University of Nottingham; Newspapers and periodicals; Nineteenth-century literature on the tours.

Summary: Examines the nineteenth-century royal tour from the perspectives of various historical actors including royals, politicians and indigenous people in order to demonstrate how a multi-valent British culture was created throughout the empire.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-217) and index.

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Examines the nineteenth-century royal tour from the perspectives of various historical actors including royals, politicians and indigenous people in order to demonstrate how a multi-valent British culture was created throughout the empire.