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The quest for security : sovereignty, race, and the defense of the British Empire, 1898-1931
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Widening gyre
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The quest for security : sovereignty, race, and the defense of the British Empire, 1898-1931 / Jesse Tumblin.
ISBN
9781108595742 (ebook)
9781108498746 (hardback)
9781108712545 (paperback)
Publication
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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1 online resource (ix, 304 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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Summary
The British Empire entered the twentieth century in a state of crisis, with many in the legal establishment fearing that the British constitution could no longer cope with the complexity of imperial institutions. At the same time, the military establishment feared the empire was becoming impossible to defend from multiplying threats. In this innovative study, Jesse Tumblin shows how Britain and its largest colonies, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa, were swept up in a collective effort to secure the Empire in the early twentieth century. The hierarchy of colonial politics created powerful incentives for colonies to militarize before World War I, reshaping their constitutional and racial relationships toward a dream beyond colonial status. The colonial backstory of a century of war and violence shows how these dreams made 'security' the dominating feature of contemporary politics.
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Cambridge University Press eBook Backlist 2018-2019.
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Language
English
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June 05, 2020
Contents
Colonial federationism, security, and the South African War
Lessons of South Africa : security and political culture in the British world, 1902-1906
Security, race, and Dominion status, 1907-1909
The collapse of consensus and control, 1910-1914
Race, conscription, and the meaning of sovereignty in war
The sharp sickle : new realities of sovereignty in the British Empire, 1918-1926
Epilogue. The Statute of Westminster : a once and future sovereignty.
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