Great Britain, World, European, Specialty Boutique, England, Political Science 

The concept of a British world was open to a variety of interpretations, both within Britain and its overseas empire. It was obviously strongest in those colonies where settlers of British origin were in the majority or at least, as in the case of South Africa, formed a substantial minority. Yet it could be embraced by those who were not of British origin but who found the idea of belonging to the empire and of imperial citizenship appealing. For instance, non British communities-such as the Afrikaner, Jew and French-Canadian-found political and cultural sanctuary within a British imperial framework. However, the British world extended well beyond the physical boundaries of those regions of the map painted red. Newspapers, radio, firm and sport bound people together to what, in many respects, was an imaginary or imagined empire, an empire of the mind which projected a common form of ideas, opinions and the principles. This book is an explanation of these and other interconnected themes that helped define the British world of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 

This collection of essays is based upon the assumption that the British Empire was held together not merely by ties of trade and defence, but by a shared sense of British identity that linked British communities around the globe. Focusing on the themes of migration, identity and the media, this book is an exploration of these and other interconnected themes that help define the British World of the late 19th and 20th centuries. - from Amzon 

1. Mapping the British World Carl Bridge and Kent Fedorowich..........p. 1

2. British Emigration to the Empire-Commonwealth since 1880:
From Overseas Settlement to Diaspora? Stephen Constantine..................p. 16

3. A New Class of Women for the Colonies: The Imperial
Colonist and the Construction of Empire Lisa Chilton...............................p. 36

4. The Welsh World and the British Empire,
c. 1851-1939: An Exploration Aled Jones and Bill Jones...........................p. 57

5. Revisiting Anglicisation in the Nineteenth-Century
Cape Colony Vivian Bickford-Smith.......................................................p. 82

6. The Crown, Empire Loyalism and the Assimilation of
Non-British White Subjects in the British World:
An Argument against 'Ethnic Determinism' Donal Lowry..........................p. 96

7. Britishness and Australia: Some Reflections Neville Meaney.................p. 121

8. Hugh Wyndham, Transvaal Politics and the Attempt to Create an
English Country Seat in South Africa, 1901-14 Ian van der Waag..............p. 136

9. Casting Daylight upon Magic: Deconstructing the
Royal Tour of 1901 to Canada Phillip Buckner.........................................p. 158

10. Communication and Integration: The British and
Dominions Press and the British World, c. 1876-1914 Simon J. Potter........p. 190

11. 'Brushing Up Your Empire': Dominion and Colonial
Propaganda on the BBC's Home Services, 1939-45 Sian Nicholas..............p. 207

Notes on Contributors ...........................................................................p. 231