Africa
Asia
British princes
British subjects
Britishness
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Colonialism
Emperor Khai Dinh
Empire
entourage
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global tours
imperial authority
Imperial citizenship
Kaiser Wilhelm II
King Sisowath
Maharaja of Gondal
Modern Europe
Monarchy
Prince Alfred Ernest Albert
Princes
Royal Navy
royal personage
Royal tours
royal visitor
Royalty
Smuts's Raj
Sultan Alauddin of Aceh
Travel
Product details
- ISBN 9781526109385
- Weight: 419g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 12 Dec 2023
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Royals on Tour explores visits by European monarchs and princes to colonies, and by indigenous royals to Europe in the 1800s and early 1900s with case studies of travel by royals from Britain, France, Portugal, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, the Dutch East Indies and French Indochina. Such tours projected imperial dominion and asserted the status of non-European dynasties. The celebrity of royals, the increased facility of travel, and the interest of public and press made tours key encounters between Europeans and non-Europeans. The reception visitors received illustrate the dynamics of empire and international relations. Ceremonies, speeches and meetings formed part of the popular culture of empire and monarchy. Mixed in with pageantry and protocol were profound questions about the role of monarchs, imperial governance, relationships between metropolitan and overseas elites, and evolving expressions of nationalism.
Robert Aldrich is Professor of European History at The University of Sydney
Cindy McCreery is Senior Lecturer in History at The University of Sydney
