Crowns and colonies : European monarchies and overseas empires
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Crowns and colonies : European monarchies and overseas empires
(Studies in imperialism / general editor, John M. MacKenzie)
Manchester University Press, 2016
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 the old regime empires down to the Commonwealth of today. With case studies drawn from Britain, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy, the chapters analyse constitutional questions about the role of the crown in overseas empires, the pomp and pageantry of the monarchy as it transferred to the colonies, and the fate of indigenous sovereigns under European colonial control. The volume, with chapters on North America, Asia, Africa and Australasia, provides new perspectives on colonial history, the governance of empire, and the transnational history of monarchies in modern Europe. -- .
Table of Contents
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 regime - Francois-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
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