The 'Sailor Prince' in the Age of Empire
Autor: | Schneider, Miriam Magdalena |
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EAN: | 9783319635996 |
Auflage: | 001 |
Sachgruppe: | Geschichte |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 324 |
Produktart: | Gebunden |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 06.10.2017 |
Untertitel: | Creating a Monarchical Brand in Nineteenth-Century Europe |
Schlagworte: | Europa / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte Geschichte Geschichte / Kulturgeschichte Historie Imperialismus Kulturgeschichte Militärgeschichte |
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This book explores the puzzling phenomenon of the remarkable revival of monarchy in nineteenth-century Europe through a new prism: the public persona of the ¿Sailor Prince¿. It highlights how four usually overlooked dynastic figures ¿ the younger sons and brothers of monarchs such as Queen Victoria or Emperor William II ¿ decisively helped to advertise their respective dynasties in the fiercely contested political and popular mass market, by aligning them with one of the most myth-invested cultural presences and power-political symbols of the Age of Empire: the navy. The 'Sailor Prince' in the Age of Empire traces the unusual professional careers, the adventurous empire travels and the multifaceted public representations of Prince Alfred of Britain (1844-1900), Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1862-1929), Prince Valdemar of Denmark (1858-1939) and Prince Georgios of Greece (1869-1957). Through the prism of these four personality brands, the study also investigates issues such as the role of the maritime sphere in national identity, the nature and extent of nineteenth-century monarchical modernization, the relevance of intra- and inter-imperial royal diplomacy in the Age of High Imperialism, and the curious collaboration of middle-class opinion-makers and entrepreneurs with Europe¿s monarchical establishment.