Rediscovering the British WorldPhillip Alfred Buckner, R. Douglas Francis Rediscovering the British World is one part of an ongoing attempt to approach British Imperial history from a different viewpoint, placing the colonies of settlement at the centre. Editors Phillip Buckner and Douglas Francis have included nineteen essays from expert scholars in the field, which cover a broad range of cultural, social, and intellectual topics in British imperial history from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. The essays focus on the history of Britain and the Empire, with considerable emphasis on the self-governing dominions of Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. They attempt to show the centrality of the Empire in the history of the nations created by the British diaspora overseas, while at the same time calling into question the extent of the existence of a "British World." The goal is not to wax nostalgic, but rather to re-examine the complex phenomenon of this far-reaching empire and to shed light on the ways in which it has shaped our world. With contributions by: James Belich Frank Bongiorno Bettina Bradbury Patrick H. Brennan Phillip Buckner Elizabeth Elbourne R. Douglas Francis Jeffrey Grey Catherine Hall John Lambert Douglas Lorimer David Lowe Stuart Macintyre Adele Perry Paul Pickering Satadru Sen R. Scott Sheffield Paul Ward Stuart Ward Wendy Webster |
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
What Did a British World Mean to the British? | 21 |
The Rise of the Angloworld | 39 |
Indigenous Peoples and Imperial Networks in the Early Nineteenth Century | 59 |
Loyalty and Rebellion in Colonial Politics | 87 |
From Victorian Values to White Virtues | 109 |
Colonial Comparisons | 135 |
Interlocuting Empire | 159 |
Britishness South Africanness and the First World War | 285 |
The Migrants Empire | 305 |
The Empire Answers | 321 |
Rehabilitating the Indigene | 341 |
Australias Cold War | 361 |
History Wars and the Imperial Legacy in the Settler Societies | 381 |
Worlds Apart | 399 |
END NOTES | 417 |
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