Isbn: 9780198802471 - Projecting Imperial Power: New Nineteenth Century Emperors and the Public Sphere (18 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: As new. Octavo. Hardcover. Illustrated jacket over black cloth. xviii, 334 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 24 cm. Creating myth, asserting dynasty: Napoleon I and Franz I of Austria -- II Adopting the imperial idea beyond Europe -- III Performing Emperorship -- IV Being an imperial consort -- V Seeing the emperor -- VI Harnessing religion to the imperial cause -- II Creating the imperial city -- VIII Showcasing the empire: International exhibitions -- IX Inventing empire in twentieth-century India and Britain -- X Staging empire as history and allegory in Austria and Germany -- XI Ending and remembering.…

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The nineteenth century is notable for its newly proclaimed emperors, from Franz I of Austria and Napoleon I in 1804, through Agustin 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 townplanning. 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 onthree continents across the whole of the long nineteenth century.The first emperors' successorsDLPedro II of Brazil, Franz Joseph of Austria, and Wilhelm II of GermanyDLexpanded 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 in1947.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 ofthe 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. The nineteenth century is notable for its newly proclaimed emperors, from the well-known, such as Napoleon and Queen Victoria, to the lesser known, like Pedro II of Brazil. This book examines how emperors used images, religion, international exhibitions, and pageants to project their ijmperial power. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The nineteenth century is notable for its newly proclaimed emperors, from Franz I of Austria and Napoleon I in 1804, through Agustín 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.…