UID:
almafu_9959232665402883
Format:
1 online resource (368 pages) :
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illustrations (halftones, black & white); digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
MSI edition.
ISBN:
1-5261-0089-4
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1-5261-1509-3
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1-5261-0088-6
Series Statement:
Studies in imperialism
Content:
Queen Victoria, who also bore the title of Empress of India, had a real and abiding interest in the British Empire, but other European monarchs also ruled over possessions 'beyond the seas'. This collection of original essays explores the connections between monarchy and colonialism, from the old regime empires down to the Commonwealth of today. With case studies drawn from Britain, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy, the chapters analyse constitutional questions about the role of the crown in overseas empires, the pomp and pageantry of the monarchy as it transferred to the colonies, and the fate of indigenous sovereigns under European colonial control. The volume, with chapters on North America, Asia, Africa and Australasia, provides new perspectives on colonial history, the governance of empire, and the transnational history of monarchies in modern Europe.
Note:
Includes index.
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1. European sovereigns and their empires 'beyond the seas'/
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2. The British royal family and the colonial empire from the Georgians to Prince George /
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3. Two Victorias? Prince Alfred, Queen Victoria and Melbourne, 1867-68 /
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4. Kaiser Wilhelm II and the limits of the royal prerogative in German South-West Africa /
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5. Orangists in a red empire: salutations from a Dutch queen's supporters in a British South Africa /
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6. Sultans and the House of Orange-Nassau: Indonesian perceptions of power relationships with the Dutch /
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7. The return of the throne: the repatriation of the Kandyan regalia to Ceylon /
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8. Kingitanga and Crown: New Zealand's Maori King movement and its relationship with the British monarchy /
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9. The Maharani of Kutch and courtly life before and after Indian independence /
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10. Colonies, monarchy, empire and the French ancien régime /
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11. Napoleon III and France's colonial expansion: national grandeur, territorial conquests and colonial embellishment, 1852-70 /
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12. The British, the Hashemites and monarchies in the Middle East /
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13. An empire for a kingdom: monarchy and Fascism in the Italian colonies - Alessandro Pes --
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14. 'So brave Etruria grew': dividing the Crown in early colonial New South Wales, 1808-10 /
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15. A new monarchy for a new commonwealth? Monarchy and the consequences of republican India /
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16. Waiting to die? The British monarchy in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, 1991-2015 /
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-78499-315-8
Language:
English
Keywords:
History.
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History.
DOI:
10.7765/9781526100887
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