Organized patriotism and the crucible of war : popular imperialism in Britain, 1914-1932 /
Hendley, Matthew,1966-
Montréal : McGill-Queen's University Press,
c2012.
Using insights from gender history and recent accounts of associational life in early twentieth-century Britain, Hendley compares the wartime and postwar histories of three major patriotic organizations founded between 1901 and 1902 - the National Service League, the League of the Empire, and the Victoria League. He shows how the National Service League, strongly masculinist and supportive of militaristic aims, floundered in wartime. Conversely, the League of the Empire and the Victoria League, with strong female memberships, goals related to education and hospitality, and a language emphasizing metaphors of family, home, and kinship prospered in wartime and beyond into the 1920s.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The decline and fall of a militaristic patriotic league: the National Service League during the First World War -- Educating imperialists: the League of the Empire during the First World War -- A kinder and gentler imperialism: the Victoria League during the First World War -- The triumph of domesticated imperialism?: the Victoria League and the League of the Empire in the 1920s -- Conclusion.
Using insights from gender history and recent accounts of associational life in early twentieth-century Britain, Hendley compares the wartime and postwar histories of three major patriotic organizations founded between 1901 and 1902 - the National Service League, the League of the Empire, and the Victoria League. He shows how the National Service League, strongly masculinist and supportive of militaristic aims, floundered in wartime. Conversely, the League of the Empire and the Victoria League, with strong female memberships, goals related to education and hospitality, and a language emphasizing metaphors of family, home, and kinship prospered in wartime and beyond into the 1920s.
Patriotic societies
Women