Empire and Popular Culture, Volume III

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From 1830, if not before, the Empire began to permeate the domestic culture of Empire nations in many ways. From consumables, to the excitement of colonial wars, celebrations relating to events in the history of Empire, and the construction of Empire Day in the early Edwardian period, most citizens were encouraged to think of themselves not only as citizens of a nation but of an Empire. Much of the popular culture of the period presented Empire as a force for ‘civilisation’ but it was often far from the truth and rather, Empire was a repressive mechanism designed ultimately to benefit white settlers and the metropolitan economy. This four volume collection on Empire and Popular Culture contains a wide array of primary sources, complimented by editorial narratives which help the reader to understand the significance of the documents contained therein. It is informed by the recent advocacy of a ‘four-nation’ approach to Empire containing documents which view Empire from the perspective of England, Scotland Ireland and Wales and will also contain material produced for Empire audiences, as well as indigenous perspectives. The sources reveal both the celebratory and the notorious sides of Empire. In this, the third volume of Empire and Popular Culture, documents are presented that shed light on three principal themes: The shaping of personal. collective and national identities of British citizens by the Empire; the commemoration of individuals and collective groups who were noted for their roles in Empire building; and finally, the way in which the Empire entered popular culture by means of trade with the Empire and the goods that were imported. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Table of Contents General Introduction: The British Empire in Domestic Popular Culture VOLUME III Identity, Commemoration and Commodity Introduction PART 1 Masculinity and Empire 1 Extracts from Sidney Smith’s ‘Emigrants’ New Home’, C. Hursthouse, New Zealand: The English Field of 1851, An Account of New Plymouth (Aberdeen: D. Chalmers, 1851), pp. 170–186 2 Charles Hursthouse ‘The Unfit Emigrants’, New Zealand or Zealandia, the Britain of the South, Vol. II (London: Edward Stanford, 1857), pp. 630–633 3 Samuel Smiles, ‘Energy and Courage’, Self-Help: with Illustrations of Conduct and Perseverance (London: John Murray, 1859), pp. 223–262 4 Emigrant Letter, Inverness Courier, 26th July 1849, p. 4 5 ‘Woman’s Life in the Colonies’, Ovens and Murray Advertiser, 6th June 1874, p. 5 6 ‘The Colonies and Colonial Life’, Geelong Advertiser, 18th July 1881, p. 4 7 ‘The Character of the Emigrant’, Bolton Evening News, 9th August 1910, p. 3 8 William Morris, ‘Hard Work for a Real Empire’, The Herald, Melbourne, Victoria, 3rd March 1928, p. 17 9 G. R. Lindner Clark, ‘The Terror of the Bush’, (parts 1 and 8), Chums Annual for 1927–1928, pp. 641–643, 780–781 PART 2 Militarism and Empire 10 ‘The Working Classes as Volunteers’, Volunteer Service Gazette and Military Dispatch, 31st December 1859, p. 1 11 ‘The Royal Military Exhibition’, Daily Telegraph, 7th May 1890, p. 7 12 ‘Royal Navy Exhibition’, The Morning Post, 2nd May 1891, p. 5 13 ‘The Strathpeffer Gathering’, Highland News, 19th August 1893, p. 3 14 ‘Coronation Review’, Illustrated London News, 23rd August 1902, p. 6 15 ‘Hurrah Ships and the Review of the Fleet’, Evening News and Southern Daily Mail, 28th July 1924, p. 4 16 The Hendon Air Display, Official Programme, Saturday, July 2nd, 1927 17 The Aldershot Tattoo, Official Programme for 1936, Staged 11th–20th June 1936 PART 3 Heroes of Empire 18 Who and What is Havelock? (London, 1857) 19 Rev. William Brock, ‘He Being Dead Yet Speaketh’ Biographical Sketch of Sir Henry Havelock (New York: Robert Carter, 1964 [1857]), pp. 291–305 20 Lucy Taylor, ‘Havelock’s Saints’, The Story of Sir Henry Havelock: The Hero of Lucknow (London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1895), pp. 14–20 21 G. W. Steevans, ‘The Sirdar’, With Kitchener to Khartum (Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1898), pp. 45–52 22 Basil Hansard, ‘Admiral Sir Percy Scott’, Leaders of the Empire: A Roll of Fame, including Politicians, Ecclesiasts, Lawyers, Sailors, Soldiers, Scientists, Artists, Authors, Musicians and others who are Men of the Century, Volume 4 (London: Virtue and Company, 1912–1914), pp. 41–48 23 Rev. James Ellis, ‘The Wonder of His Age’, in Short Lives of Men with a Mission: Henry Morton Stanley and David Livingstone (London: James Nisbet, 1890), pp. 45–58 24 The Stanley and African Exhibition, Official Programme, 1890 25 Lowell Thomas, ‘The Uncrowned King of Arabia: Colonel T. E. Lawrence’, The Strand Magazine, January 1920, pp. 41–53 PART 4 Femininity and Empire 26 Emigrant’s Letter, Soulby’s Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer, 4th September 1884, p. 7 27 ‘The Class Who May and the Class Who Should Never Venture Out to the Colonies’, Extract from ‘Hopeful’, Taken-In: A Sketch of New Zealand Life (London: W. H. Allen and Co, 1887), pp. 170–184 28 ‘Women’s Coronation Procession’, The Hants and Sussex News, 21st June 1911, p. 5 29 ‘British Empire Bazaar in Aid of Wesleyan Sunday Schools’, The Bucks Herald, 28th March 1908, p. 8 30 First Annual Report of the Victoria League, pp. 7–24 31 ‘Baby Week/Queen at the Exhibition’, The Times, 3rd July 1917, p. 6 32 ‘Women Organising for an Active Part’, West Middlesex Gazette, 12th January 1924, p. 6 33 ‘Women in India’, The Englishwoman’s Review of Social and Industrial Questions, 15th August 1876, pp. 366–370 PART 5 Sport and Empire 34 ‘The King’s Cup’, The Times, 17th April, 1919, p. 5 35 ‘Editor’s Note’, 1912 Triangular Test Cricket Tournament. Wisden Cricketers’ Almanac 1913, pp. 230–234 36 ‘The Australian Tour’, The Cricketer, Vol. 1, no. 3, 14th May 1921, pp. 13–17 37 ‘Reaction and Treatment of the Team while in Great Britain’, G. Williams, J. Warbrick and H. Wynyard, Rugby Football: The Tour of the Native Team (Palmerston North: Caxton Printing, 1896), pp. 69–78 38 Inter-Empire Championships Victory of the Canadians, Athletic News 26th June 1911, p.3 39 ‘Cricket and the Victorian Era’, Prince Ranjitsinhji, The Jubilee Book of Cricket (Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1897), pp. 151–160 40 ‘Athletics’, Lancashire Daily Post, 11th August 1934, p. 6 41 Arthur Wharton, Athletic News, 9th October 1888, p. 5 PART 6 Nationalism and Empire 42 ‘Empire Day in Swansea’, Cardiff Times, 11th April 1908, p. 4 43 (a) ‘Mafeking Rejoicings’, Montgomery County Times and Shropshire and Mid Wales Advertiser, 26th May 1900, p. 8 (b) ‘Mafeking Yn Rhydd’, Yr Wythnos a’r Eryr, 30th May 1900, p. 4 44 ‘A Great Day for Wales’, The Investiture of the Prince of Wales, 1911, The Western Mail, 13th July 1911 45 The Place of Wales in the Empire, ‘The Place of Wales in the Empire’, in Wales, A National Magazine for the English Speaking Parts of Wales, Vol II, no 7 (1912), pp. 369–371 46 ‘Livingstone Centenary’, The Scotsman, 17th March 1913, p. 8 47 Duke of Atholl, ‘Courage and Loyalty’, The Duke of Atholl, Sir D. Y. Cameron, W. Elliot, George Gordon, J. Graham Kerr, Lord Macmillan, C. Warr, A Scotsman’s Heritage (London: Alexander Maclehose, 1932), pp. 3–28 48 ‘Aye Read Tae Fecht for Auld England’, The Amateur and Singer’s Journal, June 1894, p. 4 49 Lord Meston, ‘Geography and Progress in India’, The Scottish Geographical Magazine, Vol. 38:2, 15th April 1922, pp. 101–115 PART 7 The Church and Empire 50 ‘Missionary Meeting’, Synod of the United Presbyterian Church 51 Juvenile Missionary Magazine and Annual for 1868 (London: John Snow 1868), pp. 69–75 52 Children’s Companion and Juvenile Instructor, (London: RTS, 1895), pp. 37, 44–45 53 ‘The Salvation Army at the Alexandra Palace’, Islington Gazette, 21st July 1887, p. 2 54 ‘Mission Hymns’, The Methodist Hymn Book (London: Wesleyan Conference Office, 1905 55 ‘How to Win the Boy! Sunday Schools as Empire Builders’, Fleetwood Chronicle and Fylde Advertiser, 17th April 1906, p. 7 56 ‘Missionary Festival at Evesham’, Evesham Standard and West Midland Observer, 16th June 1923, p. 5 57 Church Mission Society, ‘Africa and the East’ Missionary Exhibition, Bristol 1920, Official Programme, pp. 12–15, 35–37 PART 8 Commodities and Empire 58 B.B.C. Household Talks (London: British Broadcasting Corporation, 1929) 59 John Coatman, ‘Empire and Ourselves 1, What is the British Empire?’, The Listener, 13th January 1932, p. 42–43 60 Empire Marketing Board Posters for Schools, c. 1930s 61 ‘British Colonies’, Sunlight Almanac for 1896 (Port Sunlight: Lever Brothers), pp. 117–131 62 ‘An Unpacific Yarn’, Pears Soap Advert, Penny Illustrated Newspapers, 1st March 1890, p. 16 63 Lemco Advert, Illustrated London News, 5th April 1902, p. 27 64 United Kingdom Tea Company Advertisement, The Graphic, 5th December 1894, p. 689 65 ‘The King’s and Queen’s Empire Speeches on Gramophone’, Yorkshire Post, 24th May 1923, p. 6 66 ‘Sam Manning’s West Indian Rhythm Boys’, Nottingham Journal, 31st October 1935, p. 5 Index