An ABC of Queen Victoria's Empire offers a provocative rewriting of Mrs. Ernest Ames' ABCs for Baby Patriots (1899). Whimsically illustrated for the nursery or primary school child, Ames' book demonstrates how deeply imperialism reached into popular culture during Victoria's reign.
This book presents a rather darker view of Victoria's empire, beginning with the wars in Afghanistan and ending with Zam-Zammeh, the large-bore cannon that Kipling's hero sat astride at the opening of his 1901 novel, Kim. It signposts some of the key events, concepts, places and people that shaped the turbulent ground of empire across the long 19th century, providing a serious counterweight to the notion of imperial conquest as child's play.
With each letter accompanied by a crisp yet historically nuanced account of its subject, this unique account is the perfect primer for students taking courses on global, imperial and British history.
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An ABC of Queen Victoria's Empire
Or a Primer of Conquest, Dissent and Disruption
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Table of contents
- Cover page
- Halftitle page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Images
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction: From A to Z in Victorian Imperial Culture
- The ABCs of Victoria’s Empire
- A is for the Afghan Wars
- B is for Bold Fenian Men
- C is for Convict Women
- D is for Dagga
- E is for Eyre—Jane Eyre
- F is for Famine
- G is for Gandhi
- H is for Hosay
- I is for Indenture
- J is for Jihad
- K is for Kīngitanga
- L is for Lascar
- M is for Morant Bay
- N is for Native Claim-making
- O is for Opium
- P is for the Proclamation of the Irish Republic
- Q is for Queensland Sugar
- R is for Riel, Louis
- S is for Syphilis
- T is for Tatya Tope
- U is for Urabi
- V is for “Vande Mataram”
- W is for Winston Churchill
- X is for Xhosaland
- Y is for Yakub Khan
- Z is for Zam-Zammah
- How to Teach this Book
- Index
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