National and nationalist politics

2016 ◽  
pp. 34-54
Author(s):  
Paul Huddie
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
External Support ◽  
British Government ◽  
Crimean War ◽  
Specific Policy ◽  
Easter Rising ◽  
History Of ◽  
Irish People ◽  
Irish Americans ◽  
The Great War

This chapter will show that the Crimean War was perhaps the most positive chapter in Ireland’s nineteenth century history of governance, agitation and conspiracy and society’s relationship with the executive. It will do this by illustrating that between the Famine and the rise of the IRB Irish people demonstrated an aversion for political upheavals, and that this was especially manifest during the Russian campaign. This will be shown to have stemmed from several factors, including a lack of external support and internal organisation, which ensured that there could be no nationalist response comparable to the Great War in the case of those involved in the Easter Rising. It will also be shown that, due to the rampant anti-British rhetoric and apparent active preparations of Irish-Americans to invade Ireland, precautions were taken the British government in Ireland – Dublin Castle. A specific policy was pursued in order to ensure that nothing disturbed what was deemed by the Irish authorities to be a prosperous, loyal and peaceful country. Finally, it will be shown that those positive attributes were also eagerly fostered and encouraged by the lord lieutenant of Ireland, through speeches, visits to invalided Irish soldiers and orchestration of a national banquet.

Hearing the Crimean War

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Sound Studies ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Crimean War ◽  
National Unity ◽  
Black Sea Region ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Many

This book addresses the sounds of the Crimean War, along with the many ways nineteenth-century wartime is aurally constructed. It examines wide-ranging experiences of listeners in Britain, France, Turkey, Russia, Italy, Poland, Latvia, Daghestan, Chechnya, and Crimea, illustrating the close interplay between nineteenth-century geographies of empire and the modes by which wartime sound was archived and heard. This book covers topics including music in and around war zones, the mediation of wartime sound, the relationship between sound and violence, and the historiography of listening. Individual chapters concern sound in Leo Tolstoy’s wartime writings, and his place within cosmopolitan sensibilities; the role of the telegraph in constructing sonic imaginations in London and the Black Sea region; the absence of archives for the sounds of particular ethnic groups, and how songs preserve memories for both Crimean Tatars and Polish nationalists; the ways in which perceptions of voice rearranged the mental geographies of Baltic Russia, and undermined aspirations to national unity in Italy; Italian opera as a means of conditioning elite perceptions of Crimean battlefields; and historical frames through which to understand the diffusion of violent sounds amid everyday life. The volume engages the academic fields of musicology, ethnomusicology, history, literary studies, sound studies, and the history of the senses.

scholarly journals Montenegro as perceived by a British diplomat: The Hugh Rose's report of 1852.

Balcanica ◽  
2002 ◽  
pp. 211-226
Author(s):  
Cedomir Antic
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
British Empire ◽  
Foreign Relations ◽  
Balance Of Power ◽  
Political Elite ◽  
Crimean War ◽  
East European ◽  
Short Period ◽  
History Of ◽  
European Periphery

The following article deals with the image of Montenegro, a little country from the south-east European periphery, as perceived by a member of the nineteenth century British political elite. The history of this petty entity, less populated than an average English city, became especially important on the eve of the Holly Places Crises (of Palestine, 1853). A single dispute over the Montenegro-Ottoman border threatened to turn into European war, just a year before the Crimean War commenced. In regard the Montenegrin question, the always sensitive European "balance of power" was upset with the appearance of the unexpected alliance between Russia and Austria. The unique interest of the British Empire then started, for a short period of time, to be tied in with this almost unknown principality. The attitude of British diplomacy to Montenegro, image of the principality reconstructed in the Colonel Hugh Rose's report and its sources, could contribute not only to the advance the history of British foreign relations, but also to the development of the history of Montenegro.

TROUBLING MEMORIES: NINETEENTH-CENTURY HISTORIES OF THE SLAVE TRADE AND SLAVERY

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 147-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Hall
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Slave Trade ◽  
British Government ◽  
Middle Passage ◽  
History Of

ABSTRACTThis paper explores the memories and histories of the slave trade and slavery produced by three figures, all of whom were connected with the compensation awarded to slave owners by the British government in 1833. It argues that memories associated with slavery, of the Middle Passage and the plantations, were deeply troubling, easier to forget than remember. Enthusiasm for abolition, and the ending of ‘the stain’ upon the nation, provided a way of screening disturbing associations, partially forgetting a long history of British involvement in the slavery business. Yet remembering and forgetting are always interlinked as different genres of text reveal.

Ireland’s popular response

2016 ◽  
pp. 55-91
Author(s):  
Paul Huddie
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Irish Society ◽  
Crimean War ◽  
Irish People ◽  
Broad Cross Section

This chapter will show that between 1854 and 1856 the Crimean War formed a central part of life for a broad cross-section of Irish people, regardless of class or creed, and even Irish culture. It will be argued that these responses of Irish society to the conflict were a mix of martial and often imperial enthusiasm coupled with substantial local interest. These exemplify the ambiguity of Ireland’s relationship with the union and the empire, but they also demonstrate the complex historical ambiguities of identity-formation on the island. This it will do by showing how Irish people demonstrated an insatiable public appetite for information relating to the war and a desire to engage with it physically; through newspapers, ballads, exhibitions, monuments but also the movements of troops and public celebrations. It will also be shown that the war also stands as a notable period for a variety of traditions, trends and practices during the wider nineteenth century and beyond.

The Serbian Army. 1804–1918

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalibor Denda ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Great War ◽  
General Reader ◽  
Research Fellow ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Great War ◽  
Comprehensive Study

This book by Colonel Dalibor Denda, Dr. Sc., research fellow of the Institute of Strategic Studies of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia, is a comprehensive study on the history of the Serbian military system from the nineteenth century to 1918. It consists of seven chronologically and thematically arranged chapters which embrace the period from the First Serbian Uprising (1804–1813) to the wars of 1912–1918. The structure corresponds to the key tuning points of the making and development of the armed forces, which evolved from a rebel militia into the best minor army of the Great War. Special attention is paid to the selection and education of the army command staff, and determination of military doctrine and system of command. Furthermore, the author considers Russia’s influence on the evolution of the Serbian army and Russian-Serbian military interaction. The book is intended for the general reader.

Sympathy and Synesthesia

2019 ◽  
pp. 3-23
Author(s):  
Dina Gusejnova
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Political Thought ◽  
Adam Smith ◽  
The Other ◽  
Crimean War ◽  
Sergei Eisenstein ◽  
Sensory Experiences ◽  
History Of ◽  
The One ◽  
Literary Techniques

Gusejnova’s chapter offers a wide-ranging assessment of cosmopolitan interpretations of war in the European sentimental tradition. Taking impetus from Tolstoy’s reporting on the Crimean war, Gusejnova turns to the Russian formalists’ interpretation of his technique to reconstruct Tolstoy’s use of literary montage, later adapted to film by Sergei Eisenstein. The chapter then contextualizes the history of this technique within genealogies of cosmopolitan thought on the one hand, and literary sentimentalism on the other. Drawing on works by Adam Smith and Stendhal, Gusejnova surveys some of the intellectual and literary techniques through which cosmopolitan sentiments became widespread in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe. She argues that Tolstoy’s reproduction of multi-sensory experiences through montage is a statement of his political thought, reflecting his intent to increase the human capacity for compassion in light of cosmopolitan ideals. The chapter proposes that greater understanding between people was driven by the literary, visual, and sonic mediation of violent wartime encounters.

A Research Agenda on the Yoruba in the Nineteenth Century

1988 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 211-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toyin Falola
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
English Language ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Samuel Johnson ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
British Government ◽  
History Of ◽  
Islamic Historiography

The history of the Yoruba-speaking people in the nineteenth century has attracted considerable attention. The attempt to write on the era did not have to await the emergence of academic historians: some of the elites produced by the century took it upon themselves to be worthy chroniclers of their age. The most notable among these writers were Samuel Johnson, John Olawunmi George, E.M. Lijadu, Otunba Payne, and Mojola Agbebi all of whom wrote either in the English Language or in their mother tongue. A few others also wrote in Arabic, thus contributing to the Islamic historiography of the century. The contributions of all these authors are immense. Whereas the preceding centuries had virtually no chroniclers, the nineteenth century could boast of a handful whose writings have remained part of the sources for the era.It was also a century of major activities by foreign explorers, missionaries, and officials of the British government. These were men with varying degrees of educational background, but with skill adequate enough to write letters, make entries in diaries, and report on their activities and experiences in Africa. The most talented among them wrote books and copious reports. A great deal of these writings have survived and have been widely used as primary sources to reconstruct the history of the period.

scholarly journals ‘ROTTEN PROTESTANTS’: PROTESTANT HOME RULERS AND THE ULSTER LIBERAL ASSOCIATION, 1906–1918

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (3) ◽  
pp. 743-765 ◽  
Author(s):  
CONOR MORRISSEY
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Home Rule ◽  
Sharp Decline ◽  
Significant Group ◽  
Grassroots Organization ◽  
Communal Violence ◽  
The Third ◽  
Easter Rising ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Great War

AbstractThis article assesses ‘Rotten Protestants’, or Protestant home rulers in Ulster, by means of an analysis of the Ulster Liberal Association, from its founding in 1906 until its virtual disappearance by 1918. It argues that Ulster Liberalism has been neglected or dismissed in Irish historiography, and that this predominantly Protestant, pro-home rule organization, with its origins in nineteenth-century radicalism, complicates our understanding of the era. It has previously been argued that this tradition did not really exist: this article uses prosopography to demonstrate the existence of a significant group of Protestant Liberal activists in Ulster, as well as to uncover their social, denominational, and geographic profile. Ulster Liberals endured attacks and boycotting; this article highlights the impact of this inter-communal violence on this group. Although Ulster Liberalism had a substantial grassroots organization, it went into sharp decline after 1912. This article describes how the third home rule crisis, the outbreak of the Great War, and the Easter Rising of 1916 prompted a hardening of attitudes which proved detrimental to the survival of a politically dissenting tradition within Ulster Protestantism.

Fighting Unfair Competition: The Bamberger Riot and the Emergence of Hire Purchase in Switzerland around 1900

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 194-217
Author(s):  
Matthias Ruoss
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Economic Rationality ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
The West ◽  
History Of ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
The Great War ◽  
Market Ethic

Abstract Hire purchase is today one of the most popular modes of consumer finance worldwide, yet it is still in many ways stigmatized and controversial. In this respect, nothing much has changed since the late nineteenth century, when this new way of selling goods spread through the industrialized countries of the West. How unacceptable it was, Louis Bamberger—a pioneer of hire purchase in Switzerland—found out the hard way. In 1883, only months after the opening of his department store in St. Gallen, hundreds of angry people gathered in front of it and started smashing windows and looting. Beginning with this incident, which came to be known as the Bamberger Riot, this article traces the history of hire purchase and the controversy around it in Switzerland before the Great War. Focusing mainly on artisans and shopkeepers, I argue that the sudden emergence of hire purchase in Switzerland fundamentally challenged the market ethic and economic rationality of this section of the urban middle class.

A voice that carries

2019 ◽  
pp. 150-172
Author(s):  
Delia Casadei
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Crimean War ◽  
Regional Dialects ◽  
History Of ◽  
National Boundaries

Casadei’s chapter examines the geopolitical uses of aurality, sketching a history of Italy during the Crimean War “as heard from the outside.” It charts an ideology of the bella voce and considers voice as a means of projecting and disrupting national boundaries in the years before Italy’s unification, concentrating particularly on literary accounts of the Crimean War from the later nineteenth century. It notes the capacity for voices to make (new) sense of geographical distinctions, and interrogates what was at stake in the Sardinian troops’ ability to organize themselves, even to understand one another, amid countless regional dialects in the Crimean campaign. The chapter thus uncovers a telling episode in the history of Italian sound: one in which voice and the capacity for language are fashioned into politicized and even oppositional terms.

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