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1 online resource |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-256) and index. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- Military policy -- Social aspects.
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Great Britain. |
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Military policy. |
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Social aspects. |
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National characteristics, British -- History.
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National characteristics, British. |
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History. |
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Group identity -- Great Britain -- History.
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Group identity. |
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Nationalism -- Great Britain -- History.
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British -- Ethnic identity.
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Imperialism.
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Imperialism. |
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Nationalism. |
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HISTORY -- Military -- Other. |
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British -- Ethnic identity. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. |
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British. |
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Warfare and Defence. |
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Military policy -- Social aspects. |
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Warfare and Defence. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| 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 (DLC) 2015040742 (OCoLC)946770337 |
| ISBN |
9781316541685 (electronic book) |
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1316541681 (electronic book) |
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9781316543405 |
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1316543404 |
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9781316481813 |
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1316481816 |
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9781107138995 |
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110713899X |
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9781316503959 |
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131650395X |
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