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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Aldrich, Robert, 1954-, McCreery, Cindy, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester [UK] : Manchester University Press, 2016.
Colección:Studies in imperialism.
Temas:
Monarchy > Europe > History.
Kings and rulers.
Imperialism.
Rois et souverains.
Impérialisme.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Imperialism
Kings and rulers
Monarchy
Monarchie
Kolonialmacht
Kolonie
Europe
Europa
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 European sovereigns and their empires 'beyond the seas' / Robert Aldrich and Cindy McCreery
  • 2 The British royal family and the colonial empire from the Georgians to Prince George / Miles Taylor
  • 3 Two Victorias? Prince Alfred, Queen Victoria and Melbourne, 1867-68 / Cindy McCreery
  • 4 Kaiser Wilhelm II and the limits of the royal prerogative in German South-West Africa / Matthew P. Fitzpatrick
  • 5 Orangists in a red empire: salutations from a Dutch queen's supporters in a British South Africa / Susie Protschky
  • 6 Sultans and the House of Orange-Nassau: Indonesian perceptions of power relationships with the Dutch / Jean Gelman Taylor
  • 7 The return of the throne: the repatriation of the Kandyan regalia to Ceylon / Robert Aldrich
  • 8 Kingitanga and Crown: New Zealand's Maori King movement and its relationship with the British monarchy / Vincent O'Malley
  • 9 The Maharani of Kutch and courtly life before and after Indian independence / Jim Masselos
  • 10 Colonies, monarchy, empire and the French ancien régime / François-Joseph Ruggiu
  • 11 Napoleon III and France's colonial expansion: national grandeur, territorial conquests and colonial embellishment, 1852-70 / Emmanuelle Guenot
  • 12 The British, the Hashemites and monarchies in the Middle East / Matthieu Rey
  • 13 An empire for a kingdom: monarchy and Fascism in the Italian colonies / Alessandro Pes
  • 14 'So brave Etruria grew': dividing the Crown in early colonial New South Wales, 1808-10 / Bruce Baskerville
  • 15 A new monarchy for a new commonwealth? Monarchy and the consequences of republican India / Harshan Kumarasingham<
  • 16 Waiting to die? The British monarchy in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, 1991-2015 / Mark McKenna
  • Index.

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