Projecting imperial power : new nineteenth century emperors and the public sphere / Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watanabe-O'Kelly, Helen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism--History--19th century.

Imperialism.

Propaganda--History.

Propaganda.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

The nineteenth century is notable for its newly proclaimed emperors, from the well-known, such as Napoleon and Queen Victoria, to the lesser known, like Pedro II of Brazil. This book examines how emperors used images, religion, international exhibitions, and pageants to project their ijmperial power.

Contents:

Cover

Projecting Imperial Power: New Nineteenth-Century Emperors and the Public Sphere

Copyright

Dedication

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Plates (for full details see the List of Illustrations)

A Note on Proper Names

Introduction

Symbolic Power

Legitimation through Tradition

The Emperors and Modernity

The Structure of the Book

Sources and Scholarship

Notes

I. Creating Myth, Asserting Dynasty: Napoleon I and Franz I

Napoleon and his Imperial Coronation in 1804

Napoleon's Coronation as King of Italy in 1805

Franz II/I-From Holy Roman Emperor to Emperor of Austria

The Franzensburg

Franz, the Emperor of Peace

II: Adopting the Imperial Idea Beyond Europe

How Brazil Became an Empire-Pedro I

From Consolidation to Abdication-Pedro II

The First Mexican Empire and Independence

The Second Mexican Empire and Maximilian of Austria

The Delhi Durbar of 1877

III. Performing Emperorship

Court Society and Courtiers

The Viceregal Court in India

Coronation Robes

Court Dress and Military Uniform

Dress in India

Pedro II-the Exception

Medals, Honours, and Decorations

IV: Being an Imperial Consort

Motherhood

Beauty and Fashion

Charitable Activities-Education and Health

Political Involvement

Leopoldine of Brazil

Elisabeth of Austria

Eugénie and Carlota

The Prussian Empresses

Widows

V: Seeing the Emperor

The Emperor in Person

The Emperor as Image

The Imperial State Portrait

The Emperor as Servant of the People

The Emperor in Uniform

Possessing the Emperor's Image

VI: Harnessing Religion to the Imperial Cause

Napoleon I and Religion

Napoleon III, Religion, and the Feast of Saint-Napoleon

Franz Joseph and Austrian Piety.

The Hohenzollern Emperors as Defenders of Protestantism

Inaugurating the Schlosskirche in Wittenberg in 1892

Church-Building in the Prussian Lands

Prestigious Imperial Church Projects

The Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem

The Emperor Wilhelm Memorial Church

Berlin Cathedral

VII: Creating the Imperial City

Remodelling Paris

Inaugurating the New Paris

Rethinking Vienna

Imperial Planning

Expanding Berlin

Prussian or Imperial Capital?

London as Latecomer

Mexico City and Petrópolis

VIII: Showcasing the Empire: International Exhibitions

Imperial Pomp in Paris-the Exposition Universelle of 1855

Social Purpose and Glamour-the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris

International Diplomacy in Vienna-the Weltausstellung of 1873

Pedro II and the Brazilian Exhibits in 1862, 1867, and 1873

Pedro II and the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876

IX: Inventing Empire in Twentieth-Century India and Britain

Impressing the Indians-the Victoria Memorial Hall and the 1903 Durbar

George V's Coronation Durbar in 1911

Impressing the British-the Festival of Empire in London in 1911

The Pageant of London and the Masque Imperial-1911

Setting the Empire in Stone-Building New Delhi

The British Empire Exhibition of 1924

The Pageant of Empire in 1924

X: Staging Empire as History and Allegory in Austria and Germany

Franz Joseph's Diamond Jubilee in 1908

Wilhelm II and Imperial Theatre

XI: Ending and Remembering

Ending-The Debit Side

Remembering-Cities and Statues

Bibliography

General Works

Austria

Brazil

Untitled

Germany

British India

Mexico

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-252337-6

0-19-184077-7

0-19-252336-8

OCLC:

1260343706