The British Empire And Queen Victoria In World History

Author : Catherine Bernard
Publisher : Enslow Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780766018242
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Empire and Queen Victoria in World History written by Catherine Bernard and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the rule of Queen Victoria, the longest-reigning British monarch, who brought Great Britain to the height of its power, building a great colonial empire while enjoying industrial expansion at home.

Author : M. Taylor
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137312661
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Victorian Empire and Britain's Maritime World, 1837-1901 written by M. Taylor and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-10-04 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging new survey of the role of the sea in Britain's global presence in the 19th century. Mostly at peace, but sometimes at war, Britain grew as a maritime empire in the Victorian era. This collection looks at British sea-power as a strategic, moral and cultural force.

Author : Susan Kingsley Kent
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780190250003
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Queen Victoria written by Susan Kingsley Kent and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of The World in a Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of Queen Victoria. As one of the longest reigning monarchs in British history, Queen Victoria gave her name to an age filled with enormous possibilities and perplexing contradictions. At the time of Victoria's birth, Britain ruled over what was fast becoming the greatest empire in the world, containing millions of non-white, non-Christian peoples. During her childhood and youth, the kingdom itself became transformed from one dominated by landed aristocrats to one governed according to the principles of bourgeois liberalism. The royal family served as the most visible symbol of domesticity, while at the same time Victoria's very position as queen defied the ideology of separate spheres upon which domesticity rested. Victoria, the ruler of millions of people, opposed women participating in politics or public life. She believed women's suffrage to be a "wicked folly" and a violation of God's laws. She never gave up that belief, even as the fledging feminist movement of mid-century matured and grew to the size of a mass movement by the end of the century. And yet she reigned, with little thought of the contradictions that entailed. We live in a global age where big concepts like "globalization" often tempt us to forget the personal side of the past. The titles in The World in a Life series aim to revive these meaningful lives. Each one shows us what it was like to live on a world historical stage. Brief, inexpensive, and thematic, each book can be read in a week, fit within a wide range of curricula, and shed insight into a particular place or time. Four to six short primary sources at the end of each volume sharpen the reader's view of an individual's impact on world history.

Author : M. Taylor
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137312661
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Victorian Empire and Britain's Maritime World, 1837-1901 written by M. Taylor and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-10-04 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging new survey of the role of the sea in Britain's global presence in the 19th century. Mostly at peace, but sometimes at war, Britain grew as a maritime empire in the Victorian era. This collection looks at British sea-power as a strategic, moral and cultural force.

Author : Antoinette Burton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474230180
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An ABC of Queen Victoria's Empire written by Antoinette Burton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ABC of Queen Victoria's Empire offers a provocative rewriting of Mrs. Ernest Ames' ABCs for Baby Patriots (1899). Whimsically illustrated for the nursery or primary school child, Ames' book demonstrates how deeply imperialism reached into popular culture during Victoria's reign. This book presents a rather darker view of Victoria's empire, beginning with the wars in Afghanistan and ending with Zam-Zammeh, the large-bore cannon that Kipling's hero sat astride at the opening of his 1901 novel, Kim. It signposts some of the key events, concepts, places and people that shaped the turbulent ground of empire across the long 19th century, providing a serious counterweight to the notion of imperial conquest as child's play. With each letter accompanied by a crisp yet historically nuanced account of its subject, this unique account is the perfect primer for students taking courses on global, imperial and British history.

Author : Julia Woodlands Baird
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1400069882
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Victoria the Queen written by Julia Woodlands Baird and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The race to the crown -- The birth of "pocket Hercules"--The lonely, naughty princess -- An impossible, strange madness -- "Awful scenes in the house"--Becoming queen: "I shall not fail" -- The coronation: "a dream out of the Arabian nights" -- Learning to rule -- A scandal in the palace -- Virago in love -- The bride: "I never, never spent such an evening" -- Only the husband, not the master -- The palace intruders -- King to all intents: "like a vulture into his prey" -- Perfect, awful, spotless prosperity -- Annus Mirabilis: the revolutionary year -- What Albert did: the Great Exhibition of 1851 -- The Crimea: 'This unsatisfactory war' -- London boils over -- Royal parents: "everything passes so quickly!" -- "Who will call me Victoria now?" -- "The whole house seems like Pompeii." -- Resuscitating the widow at Windsor -- The queen's stallion -- The faery queen awakes -- Enough to kill any man -- Two ironclads colliding: the queen and Mr. Gladstone -- The monarch in a bonnet -- The "poor munshi" -- The diamond empire -- The end of the Victorian Age - "The streets were indeed a strange sight

Author : E Gordon Brown
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1849891184
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Queen Victoria written by E Gordon Brown and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2010-06-16 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, a contemporary account from the time, chronicles the life of Queen Victoria (1819 to 1901). She married all nine of her children into the royal houses of Europe, gave her name to an era, ruled over England at a time of great change, survived assassination attempts, became the longest reigning monarch and more. This excellent book is a fascinating read about the woman behind the British Empire.

Author : Charles Reed
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1784996262
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Royal tourists, colonial subjects and the making of a British world, 1860–1911 written by Charles Reed and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This study examines the ritual space of nineteenth-century royal tours of empire and the diverse array of historical actors who participated in them. It suggests that the varied responses to the royal tours of the nineteenth century demonstrate how a multi-centred British imperial culture was forged in the empire and was constantly made and remade, appropriated and contested. In this context, subjects of empire provincialised the British Isles, centring the colonies in their political and cultural constructions of empire, Britishness, citizenship and loyalty.

Author : Charles River Charles River Editors
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781717317711
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Queen Victoria's Army written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-23 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading World domination is a vision most kings, queens, and emperors can only dream of, and is a path less visited for good reason. It is one that requires above all, patience, as well as skill, tenacity, and an impenetrable plan of action. The only one to ever come close to this impossible level of prestige is the legendary British Empire. It was under the reign of King Henry VII of England that this ambitious idea of global expansion was first planted. In March of 1496, the king granted an exploratory charter to John Cabot, who would pilot a successful voyage that resulted in the occupation of an uninhabited island in Newfoundland. Though Cabot's second voyage ended in disaster, the courage and will he displayed during these endeavors inspired English explorers to organize more ventures and take to the seas themselves, as they hoped to see just how far they could push the envelope. Today, the British Army is one of the most powerful fighting forces in the world. Its highly trained professional soldiers are equipped with the most advanced military technology ever made. Its international interventions, while controversial both at home and abroad, are carried out with incredible professionalism and little loss of life among British servicemen and servicewomen. Naturally, the history and traditions behind this army are also impressive. Britain has not been successfully invaded in centuries. Its soldiers once created and defended a global empire, and during the Second World War, it was one of the leading nations standing against the brutal Axis forces, leading the way in the greatest seaborne invasion in military history. During the 19th century, Britain was at the height of its power, having proven its strength against Napoleon and emerging as one of the most respected military and political players in Europe. As the Industrial Revolution took hold, its factories and mines drove a staggering period of economic and technological growth. A global empire, supported by the might of the Royal Navy, provided the raw materials and markets the economy needed, as well as military bases and political influence in every corner of the globe. Success was a self-fulfilling prophecy, and Britain's economic and military might let the nation expand its power, absorbing more territory and resources. This ensured the need for a substantial army, as well as the need for the resources to maintain it, but it was not all smooth sailing. There were challenges to be met and periods of complacency to overcome. Queen Victoria's Army: The History of the British Army during the Victorian Era examines the history of the British Army in the late 19th century. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the British Army during the Victorian Era like never before.

Author : John Castell Hopkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781541371200
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Queen Victoria, Her Life and Reign written by John Castell Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queen Victoria. One of the most famous women in British history... The only daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, Alexandrina Victoria became the heir-apparent to the English throne upon her father's death and ascended the throne at the age of eighteen, in 1837. Reigning for over sixty years Victoria lent her name to a period of history that spanned nearly three-quarters of a century and saw marked change in England as well as around the world in industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military matters. As the ruler of the British Empire, Victoria played a role in the global domination of British interests in the nineteenth century. Domestically Victoria formed Victorian era conceptions of the ideal roles of wife and mother. Her marriage to Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, generally considered a love match, was notable for Victoria's desire to be a wife to her husband, even as she wielded the reins of enormous power in her position as Queen. Queen Victoria's influence reached beyond the boundaries of British-controlled regions and into virtually every country in Europe due to the fact that many of her nine children married into royal or noble European families. These alliances created deep-seated links between the major powers of the late nineteenth century, opening lines of communication even during times of war. At the time of her death, she had sixty-six direct descendants. John Castell Hopkins's account of Victoria's life covers a wide range of material over the course of her six-decade reign, including her relationships with her beloved husband and many children and grandchildren, and the devastating premature loss of so many of her relations; as well as her political and diplomatic connections with Canada, Australia, South Africa, India, and the United States of America. John Castell Hopkins (1854-1923) was born to British parents but grew up in Canada. He worked as a clerk, associate editor, and writer and produced around forty books and pamphlets in a three-decade span, including the first encyclopaedia on Canada. His suspicion of the United States and championing of British imperialism is apparent in much of his work.