Reflecting on the British World (eBook, ePUB)

Essays in Honour of Carl Bridge

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is an acknowledgement and celebration of Professor Carl Bridge's key contributions to the British World approach to history. His pioneering work was first published in several co-authored essays which appeared in 2003. Much of this grew out of a series of conferences held worldwide, starting in London in 1999 and culminating in Bristol in 2007. Scores of articles and book chapters have been produced - too numerous to mention here. At the nucleus of the project is Professor Bridge, who has encouraged a newer and younger generation of scholars - some of whom have contributed to this volume - to continue investigating the British World as a theoretical construct in the fields of British imperial and settler colonial history, with a particular focus on Australia. This book will appeal to scholars and students of the history of the British World, British imperial history, the history of the First World War, the history of Australian foreign policy, and the history of Australian national identity and culture.

'As the editors of this collection point out, twenty years ago Carl Bridge, then head of the Australian Studies Centre in London, helped to turn what was little more than an hypothesis about the importance of the British World into a field of studies. At the very heart of Bridge's concept of the field was the belief that there existed a number of intricate and overlapping networks that had been created by British migration and settlement abroad, particularly to what ultimately became known as the British self-governing Dominions. A number of essays in this collection focus on this theme and show the importance of a comparative approach to the study of Britain's relations with its overseas Dominions. Some of the essays also focus on the significant contribution that Bridge has made to understanding the impact of the First World War on the evolution of the British-Dominions relationship, the intertwining of British and Australian politics, diplomacy and statecraft, and how autobiographical studies can assist in defining the nature of the Anglo-Australian identity in the British World. A number of the contributors also grapple with what they see as the limits and weaknesses in the British World approach, but none of them deny that this is now a robust and important field of study. The book is thus a fitting acknowledgment and tribute to the work of Carl Bridge.' -Professor Phillip Buckner, Emeritus Professor of History, University of New Brunswick

'Professor Carl Bridge was a key figure in the establishment of what has become known as British World history. At its best, British World history sheds new light on the complex interactions between Britain and its former settler colonies, interrogating the nature, impact, and persistence of 'Britishness'. This collection draws together a stimulating group of essays - and historians - inspired by Bridge's work, offering fresh perspectives on the 'culture, diaspora, and identity' at the heart of this very particular imperial formation.' -Dr. Felicity Barnes, Senior Lecturer in History, Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781636672366
• Artikelnr.: 72317644

Autorenporträt

Jatinder Mann is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Reading. He is also the Creator and Manager of the Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand Studies Network (ACNZSN). Jatinder is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He has forty refereed publications, which include eleven books and edited journals. Bart Zielinski is a Teacher of History and Politics at St Mary's School Ascot and a Visiting Research Associate at the Menzies Australia Institute (MAI) at King's College London (KCL). He has previously held teaching and research roles at MAI, and the Department of History at KCL. He speaks and researches in English, German, French, and Polish.

Inhaltsangabe

Jatinder Mann and Bart Zielinski: Introduction - Bernard Attard: We, Us and Them: "Robinsonian Collaboration" in a British World - Simon J. Potter: Churchill, Australia, and the Edwardian Tariff Reform Debate - Glyn Harper: "The Call of Empire:" New Zealanders Serving in the British Expeditionary Force in 1914 - Jenny Macleod: Conscription and the British World - Kent Fedorowich: "Writing Home about Mother": Canadian and Australian Soldiers in the United Kingdom, 1914-1918 - Richard Farrimond: Field Marshal Lord Birdwood: A Man of the British World - Bart Zielinski: The United Kingdom, Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and the Pacific War, 1914-19 - Frank Bongiorno: Carl, Billy, and Bert: Carl Bridge on Australian Politics and the British World - Jatinder Mann: The Demise of Britishness and the Rise of Multiculturalism in Australia, 1960s-1970s - Anne Pender: Patrick White and Adelaide: The Ham Funeral, the Playwright and the Cultural Cringe - Bart Zielinski and Jatinder Mann: Conclusion - Bios and Contact Details of Contributors - Index.