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Britain's oceanic empire : Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds, c. 1550-1850
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ISBN: 9781107020146 9781139096744 9781107515529 9781139518802 1139518801 9781139517874 1139517872 9781139516945 1139516949 1139096745 110702014X 9781139515290 1139515292 9781139515290 9781139514378 1139514377 1107231264 9781107231269 1139508237 9781139508230 1280774134 9781280774133 9786613684905 6613684902 1107515521 Year: 2012 Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,

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This pioneering comparative study of British imperialism in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds draws on the perspectives of British newcomers overseas and their native hosts, metropolitan officials and corporate enterprises, migrants and settlers. Leading scholars examine the divergences and commonalities in the legal and economic regimes that allowed Britain to project imperium across the globe. They explore the nature of sovereignty and law, governance and regulation, diplomacy, military relations and commerce, shedding new light on the processes of expansion that influenced the making of empire. While acknowledging the distinctions and divergences in imperial endeavours in Asia and the Americas - not least in terms of the size of indigenous populations, technical and cultural differences, and approaches to indigenous polities - this book argues that these differences must be seen in the context of what Britons overseas shared, including constitutional principles, claims of sovereignty, disciplinary regimes and military attitudes.


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Freedom burning
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ISBN: 0801465370 0801465818 9780801465819 0801451086 9780801451089 9780801465376 Year: 2012 Publisher: Ithaca

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After Britain abolished slavery throughout most of its empire in 1834, Victorians adopted a creed of "anti-slavery" as a vital part of their national identity and sense of moral superiority to other civilizations. The British government used diplomacy, pressure, and violence to suppress the slave trade, while the Royal Navy enforced abolition worldwide and an anxious public debated the true responsibilities of an anti-slavery nation. This crusade was far from altruistic or compassionate, but Richard Huzzey argues that it forged national debates and political culture long after the famous abolitionist campaigns of William Wilberforce and Thomas Clarkson had faded into memory. These anti-slavery passions shaped racist and imperialist prejudices, new forms of coerced labor, and the expansion of colonial possessions. In a sweeping narrative that spans the globe, Freedom Burning explores the intersection of philanthropic, imperial, and economic interests that underlay Britain's anti-slavery zeal- from London to Liberia, the Sudan to South Africa, Canada to the Caribbean, and the British East India Company to the Confederate States of America. Through careful attention to popular culture, official records, and private papers, Huzzey rewrites the history of the British Empire and a century-long effort to end the global trade in human lives.

The invention of tradition
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ISBN: 9781107604674 1107604672 9781107295636 1107295637 1107386896 1139893920 1107390621 1107395429 1107387701 1107414423 9781107414426 0521437733 9780521246453 0521246458 9780521437738 0521269857 9780521269858 1322521395 9781107299771 1107299772 9781107386891 9781107387706 9781107390621 9781107395428 Year: 2012 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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Many of the traditions which we think of as very ancient in their origins were not in fact sanctioned by long usage over the centuries, but were invented comparatively recently. This book explores examples of this process of invention - the creation of Welsh and Scottish 'national culture'; the elaboration of British royal rituals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the origins of imperial rituals in British India and Africa; and the attempts by radical movements to develop counter-traditions of their own. It addresses the complex interaction of past and present, bringing together historians and anthropologists in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism which poses new questions for the understanding of our history.

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Sociology of culture --- cultureel erfgoed --- Folklore --- cultural heritage --- traditie --- anno 1800-1999 --- Manners and customs --- Rites and ceremonies --- #SBIB:93H3 --- #SBIB:316.7C122 --- Folk beliefs --- Folk-lore --- Traditions --- Ethnology --- Material culture --- Mythology --- Oral tradition --- Storytelling --- Ceremonies --- Cult --- Cultus --- Ecclesiastical rites and ceremonies --- Religious ceremonies --- Religious rites --- Rites of passage --- Ritualism --- Mysteries, Religious --- Ritual --- Origin of manners and customs --- Origin --- Thematische geschiedenis --- Cultuursociologie: overtuigingen, waarden en houdingen --- Sociology. --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- History. --- History and criticism --- #VCV monografie 1999 --- 323.1 --- 323.1 Nationale bewegingen. Nationalisme. Rassenpolitiek --- Nationale bewegingen. Nationalisme. Rassenpolitiek --- 815 Geschiedenis --- 812 Ideologie --- 826 Imperialisme, Kolonialisme --- 841 Politiek Bestel --- 844 Sociale Structuur --- 846 Identiteit --- 860 (Vredes)cultuur --- 881 Afrika --- 883.5 Zuid-Azië --- 884.2 Noord-Europa --- Folklore. --- Origin. --- Moeurs et coutumes --- Rites et cérémonies --- Origines --- Origine --- Folklore. Geschiedenis. (Versch. onderwerpen) --- Coutumes. Origines. (Mélanges) --- Folklore. Histoire. (Mélanges) --- Gebruiken. Oorsprong. (Versch. onderwerpen) --- British --- Mœurs et coutumes --- Rites et cérémonies --- Britanniques --- Rites and ceremonies. --- Social life and customs. --- Histoire --- Windsor, House of --- Manners and customs - Origin --- Rites and ceremonies - Origin --- #SBIB:

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