| 书目名称 | The Eastern Question in 1870s Britain | | 副标题 | Democracy and Diplom | | 编辑 | Leslie Rogne Schumacher | | 视频video | | | 概述 | Explores the significance of the ‘Eastern Question‘ in British domestic politics and society.Draws on a wide range of public and private sources, from government records to the Victorian popular press | | 图书封面 |  | | 描述 | .This book examines mid-Victorian discourse on the expansion of the British Empire’s role in the Middle East. It investigates how British political leaders, journalists and the general public responded to events in the Ottoman Empire, which many, if not most, people in Britain came to see as trudging towards inevitable chaos and destruction. Although this ‘Eastern Question’ on a post-Ottoman future was ostensibly a matter of international politics and sometimes conflict, this study argues that the ideas underpinning it were conceived, shaped, and enforced according to domestic British attitudes. In this way, this book presents the Eastern Question as as much a British question as one related in any way to the Ottoman Empire. Particularly in the crucial decade of the 1870s, debates in Victorian society on the Eastern Question served as proxies for other pressing issues of the day, including electoral reform, changing religious attitudes, public education, and the costs of maintainingBritain’s empire. This book offers new perspectives on the Eastern Question’s relationship to these trends in Victorian society, culture, and politics, highlighting its significance in understanding Brit | | 出版日期 | Book 2023 | | 关键词 | Victorian; Domestic politics; International history; Diplomacy; Ottoman Empire; Crimean War; Popular press | | 版次 | 1 | | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36514-0 | | isbn_softcover | 978-3-031-36516-4 | | isbn_ebook | 978-3-031-36514-0 | | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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