Imperial London Flashcards
Define imperialism
Command or power of one country over another
What did Britain control at its height
400 million people over 5 continents
What did A.L Roy call London in 1890?
“A point where the ends of the world may be said to meet”
Why was London such a centre for migration and trade?
In the 1900s, London had the largest port in the world
How to Gilbert and Driver (2000) describe Liberty’s?
“The commercial wing of the entire orient-influenced avant-garde”
At centre of world trade and consumption
Give 3 imperial street names
India way
Canada crescent
Jamaica road
What did London lack that other cities had?
State sponsored architectural projects
Eh Haussmanns rebuilding of Paris or Leopolds plan for Brussels
When was the queen Victoria memorial built?
1911
When was admiralty arch built?
1912
When was Buckingham palace completed?
1913
Where could be the heart of empire?
Greenwich or Trafalgar Square
What buildings surround Trafalgar Square?
The national gallery, South Africa house, Canada house
What does Burton (1996) say about museums?
They structured the map of the imperial capital
When did the South Kensington museum open its “colonial and Indian” exhibition”?
4th May 1886
What did the exhibition advertise?
A ‘tour of India’ without leaving London
