Mad Dogs and Englishmen: A Grand Tour of the British Empire at Its Height : 1850-1945Mad Dogs and Englishmen is a visually arresting and richly informative tour of the British Empire at its height, when its boundaries stretched from Cairo to Cape Town and from Winnipeg to Wagga-Wagga. The empire 'on which the sun never sets' embraced peoples as diverse as head-hunting Dyaks, Eskimos, Fulani horsemen, Gulf sheikhs, Canadian hunters, Zoroastrian pilgrims, and caparisoned maharajahs. In a sequence of thematic chapters examining every aspect of the Empire, from the imperial monarchy to the armed forces, and from district commissioners to dependent territories, Mad Dogs and Englishmen describes the shape and functioning of the largest imperium in world history. Each chapter consists of a lively and accessible essay, accompanied by a vivid and array of captioned pictures, evoking the fascinating spectacle that the British Empire presented to its citizens: the sights, scenes, and organizations that shaped the world view of people in Britain and its colonies and Dominions beyond the seas. |
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... MONARCH . History books and children's annuals , Gaumont newsreels and cinema films , national holidays ... monarch's familiar , dour face , surrounded by artist's impressions of life in Australia , Canada , India and South Africa ...
... monarch , was the major source of legitimacy and power for rulers and administrators throughout the British world . Though the British monarch had little political power , he was indispensable as a symbol of authority , the apex of a ...
... monarch was a central feature in the rhetoric and represen- tation of the British Empire , the maypole around which all of the Empire's ruling princes and governors circled . On the ground , however , the monarch was represented by a ...
Contents
Red on the | 11 |
New Worlds to Settle and Sell | 25 |
Exploration and Knowledge | 59 |
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen: A Grand Tour of the British Empire at its Height Ashley Jackson No preview available - 2013 |