Race and imperial defence in the British world, 1870-1914 /

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Author / Creator:	Mitcham, John C., author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	National characteristics, British -- History. Group identity -- Great Britain -- History. Nationalism -- Great Britain -- History. British -- Ethnic identity. Imperialism. British -- Ethnic identity. Group identity. Imperialism. Military policy -- Social aspects. National characteristics, British. Nationalism. Great Britain -- Military policy -- Social aspects. Great Britain. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12646281

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ISBN:	9781316541685 1316541681 9781316543405 1316543404 9781316481813 1316481816 9781107138995 110713899X 9781316503959 131650395X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-256) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	The first comprehensive account of the cultural and racial origins of the imperial security partnership between Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Drawing on research from every corner of the globe, John C. Mitcham merges studies of diplomacy, defense strategy, and politics with a wider analysis of society and popular culture, and in doing so, poses important questions about race, British identity, and the idea of empire. The book examines diverse subjects such as the South African War, the Anglo-German naval arms race, Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and the birth of the Boy Scout Movement, and positions them within the larger phenomenon of British race patriotism that permeated the fin de siècle. Most importantly, Mitcham demonstrates how this shared concept of 'Britishness' gradually led to closer relations between the self-governing states of the empire, and ultimately resulted in a remarkably unified effort during the First World War.
Other form:	Print version: Mitcham, John C. Race and imperial defence in the British world, 1870-1914. Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016 9781107138995

Table of Contents:

Imperial Britons: race, identity, and greater Britain
Defending greater Britain: race and the evolution of Victorian imperial defense
Imperial unity, masculinity, and the South African War
The empire on parade: public representations of greater Britain
"Sea league of all the Britons": race, navalism, and empire
A young Briton's duty: youth, militarism, and empire
"A Britannic alliance": the dominions and imperial defense policy, 1900-1914
Conclusion: the "call of the blood": the empire and the outbreak of the Great War.

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