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Royals on Tour explores visits by European monarchs and princes to
colonies, and by indigenous royals to Europe in the 1800s and early
1900s with case studies of travel by royals from Britain, France,
Portugal, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, the
Dutch East Indies and French Indochina. Such tours projected
imperial dominion and asserted the status of non-European
dynasties. The celebrity of royals, the increased facility of
travel, and the interest of public and press made tours key
encounters between Europeans and non-Europeans. The reception
visitors received illustrate the dynamics of empire and
international relations. Ceremonies, speeches and meetings formed
part of the popular culture of empire and monarchy. Mixed in with
pageantry and protocol were profound questions about the role of
monarchs, imperial governance, relationships between metropolitan
and overseas elites, and evolving expressions of nationalism. -- .
With original case studies of a more than a dozen countries,
Monarchies and decolonisation in Asia offers new perspectives on
how both European monarchs who reigned over Asian colonies and
Asian royal houses adapted to decolonisation. As colonies became
independent states (and European countries, and other colonial
powers, lost their overseas empires), monarchies faced the
challenges of decolonisation, republicanism and radicalism. These
studies place dynasties – both European and ‘native’ – at
the centre of debate about decolonisation and the form of
government of new states, from the sovereigns of Britain, the
Netherlands and Japan to the maharajas of India, the sultans of the
East Indies and the ‘white rajahs’ of Sarawak. It provides new
understanding of the history of decolonisation and of the history
of modern monarchy. -- .
Queen Victoria, who also bore the title of Empress of India, had a
real and abiding interest in the British Empire, but other European
monarchs also ruled over possessions 'beyond the seas'. This
collection of original essays explores the connections between
monarchy and colonialism, from the old regime empires down to the
Commonwealth of today. With case studies drawn from Britain,
France, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy, the chapters analyse
constitutional questions about the role of the crown in overseas
empires, the pomp and pageantry of the monarchy as it transferred
to the colonies, and the fate of indigenous sovereigns under
European colonial control. Crowns and colonies, with chapters on
North America, Asia, Africa and Australasia, provides new
perspectives on colonial history, the governance of empire, and the
transnational history of monarchies in modern Europe. -- .
With original case studies of a more than a dozen countries,
Monarchies and decolonisation in Asia offers new perspectives on
how both European monarchs who reigned over Asian colonies and
Asian royal houses adapted to decolonisation. As colonies became
independent states (and European countries, and other colonial
powers, lost their overseas empires), monarchies faced the
challenges of decolonisation, republicanism and radicalism. These
studies place dynasties - both European and 'native' - at the
centre of debate about decolonisation and the form of government of
new states, from the sovereigns of Britain, the Netherlands and
Japan to the maharajas of India, the sultans of the East Indies and
the 'white rajahs' of Sarawak. It provides new understanding of the
history of decolonisation and of the history of modern monarchy. --
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