Binding: Hardcover
Description: The nineteenth century is notable for its newly proclaimed emperors from Franz I of Austria and Napoleon I in 1804, through Agust n of Mexico Pedro I of Brazil Napoleon III of France Maximilian of Mexico and Wilhelm I of Germany to Victoria empress of India in 1876. These monarchs projected an imperial aura through coronations courts medals costumes portraits monuments international exhibitions festivals religion architecture and town planning. They relied on ancient history for legitimacy while partially espousing modernity. Projecting Imperial Power is the first book to consider together these newly proclaimed emperors in six territories on three continents across the whole of the long nineteenth century. The first emperors successors Pedro II of Brazil Franz Joseph of Austria and Wilhelm II of Germany expanded their panoply of power until Pedro was forced to abdicate in 1889 and the First World War brought the Austrian and German empires to an end. Britain invented an imperial myth for its Indian empire in the twentieth century but George VI still had to relinquish the title of emperor in 1947. Using a wide range of sources Projecting Imperial Power explains the imperial ambition behind the cities of Berlin Paris Vienna and New Delhi. It discusses the contested place of the emperors and their empires in national cultural memory by examining how the statues that were erected in huge numbers in the second part of the period are treated today.
Title: Projecting Imperial Power New Nineteenth Century Emperors And The Public Sphere
Author(s): Watanabe - O'kelly Helen (Professor Of German Literature University Of Oxford And Emeritus Fellow Professor Of German Literature University Of Oxford And Emeritus Fellow Exeter College University Of Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198802471
Pages: 360 Pages
Publication Date: 10/25/2021
Category: Colonialism & Imperialism