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Dreamworlds of race : empire and the utopian destiny of Anglo-America
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Between the late nineteenth century and the First World War an ocean-spanning network of prominent individuals advocated the unification of Britain and the United States. They dreamt of the final c...
Between the late nineteenth century and the First World War an ocean-spanning network of prominent individuals advocated the unification of Britain and the United States. They dreamt of the final consolidation of the Angloworld. Scholars, journalists, politicians, businessmen, and science fiction writers invested the 'Anglo-Saxons' with extraordinary power. The most ambitious hailed them as a people destined to bring peace and justice to the earth. More modest visions still imagined them as likely to shape the twentieth century. This book explores this remarkable moment in the intellectual history of racial domination, political utopianism, and world order.
Details
- Creator
- Duncan Bell
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021
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- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (488 p.) : No illustrations
- ISBNs
- 9780691208671, 0691208670, 0691194017
- OCLC
- on1197835768
- Previously issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- In English.
- Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Dreamworlds of Race -- 2. The Dreamer of Dreams: Andrew Carnegie and the Reunion of the Race -- 3. Americanizing the World: W. T. Stead and Cecil J. Rhodes -- 4. Artists in Reality: H. G. Wells and the New Republic -- 5. Machine Dreams: The Angloworld as Science Fiction -- 6. Beyond the Sovereign State: Isopolitan Citizenship and Race Patriotism -- 7. A Messenger of Peace to the World: Racial Utopianism and the Abolition of War -- 8. Conclusion: Unveiling the Sphinx -- Bibliography -- Index
Subjects
- History, Modern -- 19th century.
- History, Modern -- 20th century.
- English-speaking countries -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
- English-speaking countries -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
- Great Britain -- Relations -- United States.
- United States -- Relations -- Great Britain.
- Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 -- Influence.
- Stead, W. T. (William Thomas), 1849-1912 -- Influence.
- Rhodes, Cecil, 1853-1902 -- Influence.
- Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 -- Influence.