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 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.
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