The quest for security : sovereignty, race, and the defense of the British Empire, 1898-1931 / Jesse...
The quest for security : sovereignty, race, and the defense of the British Empire, 1898-1931 / Jesse...
The quest for security : sovereignty, race, and the defense of the British Empire, 1898-1931 / Jesse Tumblin.
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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English
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1 online resource (ix, 304 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
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text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Colonial federationism, security, and the South African War -- Lessons of South Africa : security and political culture in the British world, 1902-1906 -- Security, race, and Dominion status, 1907-1909 -- The collapse of consensus and control, 1910-1914 -- Race, conscription, and the meaning of sove...
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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England
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2020.
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The British Empire entered the twentieth century in a state of crisis, with many in the legal establishment fearing that the British constitution could no longer cope with the complexity of imperial institutions. At the same time, the military establishment feared the empire was becoming impossible to defend from multiplying threats. In this innova...
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The quest for security : sovereignty, race, and the defense of the British Empire, 1898-1931 / Jesse Tumblin.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Oct 2019).
Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Boston College, 2016, titled The widening gyre : security, sovereignty, and the naking of modern statehood in the British Empire, 1898-1931
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1-108-49874-4
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74VKaz0zMbRZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaz0zMbRZ
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1-108-58485-3
1-108-59878-1
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909/.09712410821
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991024402497302626
