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Empire Day
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Author : James Philip
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-07
Empire Day written by James Philip and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07 with categories.
New York - July 1976 - in a World in which New England remains the sparkling jewel in the crown of the British Empire.It is the day before Empire Day - 4th July - the day each year when the British Empire marks the brutal crushing of the rebellion dignified by the treachery of the fifty-six delegates to the Continental Congress who were so foolhardy as to sign the infamous Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia on that day of infamy in 1776.It is nearly two hundred years since George Washington was killed and his Continental Army was destroyed in the Battle of Long Island and now New England, that most quintessentially loyal and 'English' imperial fiefdom - at least in the original, or 'First Thirteen' colonies - is about to celebrate its devotion to the Crown and the Old Country, of which it still views, in the main, as the 'mother country'.Yet all is not roses. Since 1776 in a world of empires the British Empire has grown and prospered until now, it stands alone as the ultimate arbiter of global war and peace. The Royal Navy has enforced the global Pax Britannia for over a century since the World War of the 1860s established a lasting but increasingly tenuous 'peace' between the great powers.Nonetheless, while elsewhere the Empire may be creaking at the seams, struggling to come to terms with a growing desire for self-determination; thus far the Pax Britannica has survived - buttressed by the commercial and industrial powerhouse of New England stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific North West - intact for all that barely a year goes by without the outbreak of another small, colonial war somewhere...This said, the British 'Imperial System' remains the envy of its friends and enemies alike and nowhere has it been so successful as in North America, where peace and prosperity has ruled in the vast Canadian dominions and the twenty-nine old and recent colonies of the Commonwealth of New England for the best part of two centuries.In Whitehall every British government in living memory has complacently based its 'American Policy' on the one immutable, unchanging fact of New England politics; that the First Thirteen colonies will never agree with each other about anything, let alone that the sixteen 'Johnny-come-lately' new (that is, post-1776) colonies, protectorates, territories and possessions which comprise half the population and eight-tenths of the land area of New England, should ever have any say in their affairs!New England is a part of England and always will be because, axiomatically, it will never unite in a continental union. Notwithstanding, in the British body politic the myths and legends of that first late eighteenth-century rebellion in the New World still touches a raw nerve in the old country, much as in former epochs memories of Jacobin revolts, Oliver Cromwell and the Civil War still harry old deep-seated scars in the national psyche.Empire Day might not have originally been conceived as a celebration of the saving of the first British Empire and but as time has gone by it has come to symbolise the one, ineluctable truth about the Empire: that New England is the rock upon which all else stands, an empire within an empire that is greater than the sum of all the other parts of the great imperium ruled from London.In past times a troubling question has been whispered in the corridors of power in London: what would happen to the Empire - and the Pax Britannica - if the British hold on New England was ever to be loosened?Generations of British politicians have always known that if the question was ever to be asked again in earnest it has but one answer.If the New World ever discovers again a single voice supporting any kind of meaningful estrangement from the Old Country; it would surely be the end of the Empire...Coming soon: Book 2 - Two Hundred Lost Years; and Book 3 - Travels Through The Wind.
Empire Day
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Author : Diane Armstrong
language : en
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Empire Day
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Author : Diane Armstrong
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
Release Date : 2011-10-01
Empire Day written by Diane Armstrong and has been published by HarperCollins Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-01 with Fiction categories.
From award-winning author Diane Armstrong comes a dramatic and heartwarming novel which brilliantly evokes postwar Sydney. A heart-warming novel in the tradition of CLOUDStREEt and tHE HARP IN tHE SOUtH Empire Day, 1948. A back street in Bondi is transformed as the fireworks of Cracker Night cast a magical glow over its humble cottages. But Australia as a whole is being transformed in this postwar era and the people of Wattle Street know that life will never be the same again. the 'reffos' have moved in, and their strange ways are threatening the comfortable world of salt-of-the-earth locals like Pop Wilson, deserted mum Kath and sharp-tongued Maude McNulty. With suspicious and disapproving eyes, the Australians observe their new neighbours - mysterious Mr Emil, fragile young Lilija and all the other Europeans starting their lives afresh. Mistrust and misunderstandings abound on both sides. to Hania, an angry teenager struggling to cope with her hysterical mother, and to Sala, an unhappily married woman trying to blot out her traumatic wartime past, the Australians appear enviably carefree. But behind closed doors, Old as well as New Australians suffer secret heartaches. As the smoke of fires past and present gradually disperses and the lives of the two groups entwine, unexpected relationships form that bring passion and tragedy for some, and forgiveness and resolution for others. EMPIRE DAY is a dramatic and heart-warming novel in the tradition of CLOUDStREEt and tHE HARP IN tHE SOUtH. It confirms Diane Armstrong as one of our most gifted and compelling storytellers.
Day Of Empire
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Author : Amy Chua
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2009-01-06
Day Of Empire written by Amy Chua and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-06 with Political Science categories.
In this sweeping history, bestselling author Amy Chua explains how globally dominant empires—or hyperpowers—rise and why they fall. In a series of brilliant chapter-length studies, she examines the most powerful cultures in history—from the ancient empires of Persia and China to the recent global empires of England and the United States—and reveals the reasons behind their success, as well as the roots of their ultimate demise. Chua's analysis uncovers a fascinating historical pattern: while policies of tolerance and assimilation toward conquered peoples are essential for an empire to succeed, the multicultural society that results introduces new tensions and instabilities, threatening to pull the empire apart from within. What this means for the United States' uncertain future is the subject of Chua's provocative and surprising conclusion.
Empire Day In Canada Friday May 19th 1911
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Author : Ontario Department Of Education
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2018-09-13
Empire Day In Canada Friday May 19th 1911 written by Ontario Department Of Education and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-13 with History categories.
Excerpt from Empire Day in Canada, Friday, May 19th, 1911: The Story of the British Empire in a Nutshell That it shall be the outward sign of an inner awakening of the peoples who constitute the British Empire to the serious duties and responsibilities which lie at their door. -the Earl of Meath. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Empireland
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Author : Sathnam Sanghera
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2021-01-28
Empireland written by Sathnam Sanghera and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-28 with History categories.
WINNER OF THE 2022 BRITISH BOOK AWARD FOR NARRATIVE NONFICTION ***THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE CHANNEL 4 DOCUMENTARY 'EMPIRE STATE OF MIND'*** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'The real remedy is education of the kind that Sanghera has embraced - accepting, not ignoring, the past' Gerard deGroot, The Times _____________________________________________________ EMPIRE explains why there are millions of Britons living worldwide. EMPIRE explains Brexit and the feeling that we are exceptional. EMPIRE explains our distrust of cleverness. EMPIRE explains Britain's particular brand of racism. Strangely hidden from view, the British Empire remains a subject of both shame and glorification. In his bestselling book, Sathnam Sanghera shows how our imperial past is everywhere: from how we live and think to the foundation of the NHS and even our response to the COVID-19 crisis. At a time of great division, when we are arguing about what it means to be British, Empireland is a groundbreaking revelation - a much-needed and enlightening portrait of contemporary British society, shining a light on everything that usually gets left unsaid. _______________________________________________________ 'Empireland takes a perfectly-judged approach to its contentious but necessary subject' Jonathan Coe 'I only wish this book has been around when I was at school' Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London 'This remarkable book shines the brightest of lights into some of the darkest and most misunderstood corners of our shared history' James O'Brien
Celebrating Canada
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Author : Matthew Hayday
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2016-01-01
Celebrating Canada written by Matthew Hayday and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-01 with History categories.
In Celebrating Canada, Matthew Hayday and Raymond Blake situate Canada in an international context as they examine the history and evolution of our national and provincial holidays and annual celebrations
Imperialism And Popular Culture
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Author : John M. MacKenzie
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1986
Imperialism And Popular Culture written by John M. MacKenzie and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.
Popular culture is invariably a vehicle for the dominant ideas of its age. Never was this more true than in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when it reflected the nationalist and imperialist ideologies current throughout Europe. When they were being entertained or educated the British basked in their imperial glory and developed a powerful notion of their own superiority. This book examines the various media through which nationalist ideas were conveyed in late Victorian and Edwardian times--in the theatre, "ethnic" shows, juvenile literature, education, and the iconography of popular art. Several chapters look beyond the first world war when the most popular media, cinema and broadcasting, continued to convey an essentially late nineteenth-century world view, while government agencies like the Empire Marketing Board sought to convince the public of the economic value of empire. Youth organizations, which had propagated imperialist and militarist attitudes before the war, struggled to adapt to the new internationalist climate.
Empire Day In Canada
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Author : Ontario. Department of Education
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1911
Empire Day In Canada written by Ontario. Department of Education and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1911 with Empire Day categories.
Peel S Bibliography Of The Canadian Prairies To 1953
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Author : Ernest Boyce Ingles
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2003-01-01
Peel S Bibliography Of The Canadian Prairies To 1953 written by Ernest Boyce Ingles and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
The Prairie Provinces cover Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.