Civilizing The Empire: The League Of Nations and The Remaking Of British Imperialism, 1918-1926

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dc.contributor.advisorPrice, Richard N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSutcliffe, Rachel I.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentHistoryen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-07-03T05:43:46Z
dc.date.available2009-07-03T05:43:46Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.description.abstractAfter the First World War, Britain's economy and security depended on imperial cooperation for reconstruction. Yet, the war and the culture based on the League of Nations and its principles of self-determination and internationalism challenged efforts to strengthen imperial unity. Imperialists had to re-envision a more inclusive idea of empire in the midst of nationalist uprisings abroad and labor unrest at home. By analyzing circulated propaganda and speeches about the League, this thesis traces the efforts of British political thinkers who used the League's principles to manage the domestic discontent that threatened unity. It demonstrates how they tried to relate the League's principles to the ordinary Britisher's historical commitment to internationalism and imperial humanitarianism. Invoking social psychology, imperialists tapped into a universal interest in the League to re-legitimize the British Empire and establish a more enduring psychological imperial unity between the metropole and the empire after the war.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/9351
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHistory, Europeanen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHistory, Modernen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBritish Empireen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledImperial cultureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledIntellectual historyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledLeague of Nationsen_US
dc.titleCivilizing The Empire: The League Of Nations and The Remaking Of British Imperialism, 1918-1926en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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