Royal tourists, colonial subjects and the making of a British world, 1860-1911

Royal tourists, colonial subjects and the making of a British world, 1860–1911 examines the ritual space of nineteenth-century royal tours of empire and the diverse array of historical actors who participated in them. The book suggests that the varied responses to the royal tours of the nineteenth c...

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Main Author Reed, Charles
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Manchester Manchester University Press 2016
Edition1
SeriesStudies in Imperialism
Subjects
British Empire
British people
British Raj
colonial rule
colonialism & imperialism
Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
General history of Europe England & Wales
Great Britain > Kings and rulers > Travel
History
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General
New Zealand
ornamentalism
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Queen Victoria
Royal tourism
Royal tourism > History > 19th century
royal tours
Royalty
South Africa
Studies in Imperialism 2017
Visits of state
Visits of state > History > 19th century
Queen Victoria
Royalty
ornamentalism
colonial rule
British Empire
royal tours
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS List of abbreviations PROLOGUE: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE: British royals at home with the empire CHAPTER TWO: Naturalising British rule CHAPTER THREE: Building new Jerusalems: CHAPTER FOUR: ‘Positively cosmopolitan’: CHAPTER FIVE: The empire comes home: Postscript and conclusion BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
  • Cover Title Page, Copyright, Dedication Table of contents Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Prologue: Chief Sandile encounters the British Empire Introduction Chapter One. British royals at home with the empire Chapter Two. Naturalising British rule Chapter Three. Building new Jerusalems: global Britishness and settler cultures in South Africa and New Zealand Chapter Four. ‘Positively cosmopolitan’: Britishness, respectability, and imperial citizenship Chapter Five. The empire comes home: colonial subjects and the appeal for imperial justice Postscript and conclusion Bibliography Index
  • Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 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 -- Notes -- Chapter one 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 -- Notes -- Chapter two Naturalising British rule -- Moshoeshoe (1860) -- Ngoza (1860) -- Kingitanga (1869-70) -- The Gaekwad of Baroda (1875) -- Nizam of Hyderabad (1875) -- The royal tour of 1901 -- Notes -- Chapter three 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 -- Notes -- Chapter four '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 -- Notes -- Chapter five The empire comes home: colonial subjects and the appeal for imperial justice -- The Maori King in London -- South Africans against Union -- Notes -- Postscript and conclusion -- Notes -- 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 -- Reference sources -- Published materials -- Index
  • 2 Naturalising British rule --
  • Contents --
  • Index
  • 3 Building new Jerusalems --
  • Postscript and conclusion --
  • Acknowledgements --
  • 4 'Positively cosmopolitan' --
  • Prologue --
  • Dedication --
  • 1 British royals at home with the empire --
  • 5 The empire comes home --
  • Front matter --
  • Introduction --
  • Bibliography --
  • List of abbreviations --