Dreamworlds of race : empire and the utopian destiny of Anglo-America /

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"Between the late nineteenth century and the outbreak of the First World War, many prominent thinkers in Britain and the United States elaborated a vision for the unification of the English-speaking world into a single political entity. The basis for this utopian thinking was a shared assumptio...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bell, Duncan, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Carnegie, Andrew, > 1835-1919 > Influence.
Stead, W. T. > (William Thomas), > 1849-1912 > Influence.
Rhodes, Cecil, > 1853-1902 > Influence.
Wells, H. G. > (Herbert George), > 1866-1946 > Influence.
Carnegie, Andrew, > 1835-1919
Rhodes, Cecil, > 1853-1902
Stead, W. T. > (William Thomas), > 1849-1912
Wells, H. G. > (Herbert George), > 1866-1946
Anglo-Saxon race.
Race anglo-saxonne.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Utopias.
Anglo-Saxon race
British colonies
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
International relations
English-speaking countries.
Great Britain > Colonies.
Great Britain > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies.
English-speaking countries
Great Britain
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Dreamworlds of race
  • The dreamer of dreams: Andrew Carnegie and the reunion of the race
  • Americanizing the world: W.T. Stead and Cecil J. Rhodes
  • Artists in reality: H.G. Wells and the New Republic
  • Machine dreams: the Angloworld as science fiction
  • Beyond the sovereign state: isopolitan citizenship and race patriotism
  • A messenger of peace to the world: racial utopianism and the abolition of war
  • Conclusion: Unveiling the Sphinx.

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