Chapter 11 - Attitudes Towards Empire Flashcards
Architectures and creators included?
Herbert Baker and Edwin Lutyens
Lutyens work was put in what gallery?
Johannesburg Art Gallery from 1911
What is said to be the greatest representation of empire?
Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee 1897
When and where was King George V’s coronation celebrated?
1911, Crystal Palace. Included models of parliamentary buildings, empire’s history and intra-empire sports championship
What helped convey the value of empire more to the general public?
Souvenir books and postcards
What helped to reach out to a new mass audience?
1890-1914 ‘golden age’ of newspaper publication where technical advances in printing meant more newspapers were sold
How many copies of the Daily Mail were sold each day during the 1899-1902 Boer War?
1 million
How many members were part of the Girls Friendly society by 1914?
200,000 who met to discuss British imperialism
How many members of the Boy’s Empire League was there in 1900?
7,000 members. The group aimed to promote and strengthen a worthy imperial spirit in British born boys
What was Imperial glory?
The fact that empire bought the spread of education and greater literacy and this influenced attitudes
What was John A Hobson’s view towards Empire?
He believed that imperial expansion had been “driven by a search for nee markets & new opportunities for rich capitalists of Britain to make their own profits”
What group supported Hobson’s view?
The socialist anti-imperialism group
What did Emily Hobhouse find out during the Boer War?
She found out and wrote a report of 115,000 people in Boer War Concentration Camps in 1901. GB’s actions were criticized by liberal ahd Irish MPs, church figures and Europe
What did William Digby do?
Served in India and set up Indian political agency to raise awareness about Indian grievances in 1888
Why did Joseph Chamberlain support empire?
He believed empire would enable industrial recovery & brought together the 1902 Conservative Colonial conference for leaders of GB & white self governing colonies for closer economic ties
Why was imperialism embraced in the years 1895-1905?
As Salisbury was PM and he was pro-imperialist and wanted to create a stronger, closely united empire & territorial expansion
Why was GB supremacy threatened during the Boer War?
30,000 Boers held out against British forces & GB had to rely on troops from AUS and CAN
What was done to improve national efficiency?
- Implemented 1902 Educational Act where 1,000 secondary schools were opened
- Free school meals (1906)
- School medical inspections (1907)
- Unemployment & health insurance (1911) to strengthen GB manpower
How was British culture permeated?
By imperial themes on many levels, exhibitions and advertisements caused a spread of the awareness of Empire
