Margaret Hall

The Imperial Aircraft Flotilla

Empfohlen ab 12 Jahre. 1. Auflage. Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 412 Seiten
ISBN 3838210212
EAN 9783838210216
Veröffentlicht Oktober 2017
Verlag/Hersteller ibidem-Verlag
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A great wave of fundraising -patriotic- associations followed in the wake of Great Britain-s declaration of war on Germany on 4 August 1914, at home but also right across the empire. The most successful public campaign of all was launched in London at the beginning of 1915. Known as the Imperial Aircraft Flotilla, the scheme aimed to attract contributions towards aircraft production costs from throughout the British Empire. Any country, locality, or community that provided sufficient funds for an entire -aeroplane- could have it named after them. It was promised that when the machine crashed or was shot down, the name would be transferred to a new one of the same type.
Margaret Hall examines the Imperial Aircraft Flotilla as a facet of imperial history. She analyzes the fundraising efforts in Canada and Newfoundland; the Zanzibar Protectorate; Fiji, Mauritius, and the Caribbean; Hong Kong; the Malay states and Straits Settlements; West Africa, especially Gold Coast; Southern Rhodesia; Basutoland; Swaziland and the Union of South Africa; the Indian empire and Burma; (British subjects in) independent Abyssinia and Siam; in the Shanghai International Settlement, and the British community of Argentina; Australia; and New Zealand. This remarkable and detailed book discusses the propaganda and counter-subversion usages of the Imperial Aircraft Flotilläand what the support for the imperial war effort reveals about contemporary national and regional identities and aspirations.

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Margaret Hall studied Anthropology at London University and Area studies at SOAS University of London. Publication on Mozambique's history since its independence.

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