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Imperialism and Popular Culture

By John M. MacKenzie
Series: Studies in Imperialism
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Imperialism and Popular Culture explores how popular culture served as a channel for dominant nationalist and imperialist ideas across Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. John M. MacKenzie examines diverse media—such as theatre, "ethnic" shows, juvenile literature, education, and popular art iconography—used to propagate these ideologies during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. The book further considers how cinema and broadcasting after World War I continued reflecting these perspectives, alongside government efforts like the Empire Marketing Board's campaigns, and analyses the challenges faced by youth organisations in adapting to a changing internationalist environment.
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Ideal for students and scholars of history, cultural studies, and imperialism, as well as anyone interested in understanding the cultural dimensions of empire and nationalism during a pivotal historical period.

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Popular culture is a vehicle for the dominant ideas of its age, especially in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when it reflected the nationalist ideologies current throughout Europe. When they were being entertained or educated the British basked in their imperial glory and developed a notion of their own superiority.

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Popular culture is invariably a vehicle for the dominant ideas of its age. Never was this more true than in the late-19th and early 20th centuries, when it reflected the nationalist and imperialist ideologies current throughout Europe.

Imperialism and Popular Culture examines the various media through which nationalist ideas were conveyed in late-Victorian and Edwardian times—such as the theatre, "ethnic" shows, juvenile literature, education, and the iconography of popular art. Several chapters look beyond World War I, when the most popular media, cinema and broadcasting, continued to convey an essentially late-19th-century world view. During this time, government agencies like the Empire Marketing Board sought to convince the public of the economic value of empire.

Youth organizations, which had propagated imperialist and militarist attitudes before the war, struggled to adapt to the new internationalist climate.

Series: Studies in Imperialism

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780719018688

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 October 1987

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Manchester University Press

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 390g

Pages: 272

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About the Author

John MacKenzie is Emeritus Professor of Imperial History, Lancaster University and holds Honorary Professorships at Aberdeen, St Andrews and Stirling, as well as an Honorary Fellowship at Edinburgh.

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