By Jingo! : Methods for Researching Popular Imperialism
Hennessey, John LU
(2019)
In History Compass
17(5).
- Abstract
- The study of popular imperialism, or the extent to which the ordinary citizens of an imperial metropole were aware of and supported their country’s imperial expansion, provides a crucial empirical basis for evaluating the causes of and responsibility for colonial aggression. Nevertheless, this topic has received considerably less attention than comparable topics like fascism, genocide or nationalism, and a comparative conversation between scholars of different empires is largely lacking. Together with a companion article, “Imperial Ardor or Apathy? A Comparative International Historiography of Popular Imperialism,” this article will provide inspiration for future studies by summarizing different approaches to and methodological problems... (More)
- The study of popular imperialism, or the extent to which the ordinary citizens of an imperial metropole were aware of and supported their country’s imperial expansion, provides a crucial empirical basis for evaluating the causes of and responsibility for colonial aggression. Nevertheless, this topic has received considerably less attention than comparable topics like fascism, genocide or nationalism, and a comparative conversation between scholars of different empires is largely lacking. Together with a companion article, “Imperial Ardor or Apathy? A Comparative International Historiography of Popular Imperialism,” this article will provide inspiration for future studies by summarizing different approaches to and methodological problems involved in the study of popular imperialism, drawing on a wide range of research on several empires. (Less)
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- Hennessey, John
LU
- publishing date
- 2019
- type
- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- popular imperialism, jingoism, propaganda, audience reception, Orientalism, historical methodology
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- History Compass
- volume
- 17
- issue
- 5
- article number
- e12531
- pages
- 10 pages
- publisher
- Wiley
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- scopus:85134999588
- ISSN
- 1478-0542
- DOI
- 10.1111/hic3.12531
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- English
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