Dreamworlds of race : empire and the utopian destiny of Anglo-America /

Dreamworlds of race : empire and the utopian destiny of Anglo-America / Duncan Bell.

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"Between the late nineteenth century and the outbreak of the First World War, many prominent thinkers in Britain and the United States elaborated a vision for the unification of the English-speaking world into a single political entity. The basis for this utopian thinking was a shared assumptio...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Bell, Duncan, 1976- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Anglo-Saxon race.
British colonies.
International relations.
English-speaking countries.
Great Britain > Colonies.
Great Britain > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction: Dreamworlds of Race
  • 2. The Dreamer of Dreams: Andrew Carnegie and the Reunion of the Race
  • 3. Americanizing the World: W.T. Stead and Cecil J. Rhodes
  • 4. Artists in Reality: H.G. Wells and the New Republic
  • 5. Machine Dreams: The Angloworld as Science Fiction
  • 6. Beyond the Sovereign State: Isopolitan Citizenship and Race Patriotism
  • 7. A Messenger of Peace to the World: Racial Utopianism and the Abolition of War
  • 8. Conclusion: Unveiling the Sphinx
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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