empire and the utopian destiny of Anglo-America Bell, Duncan 1976- creator text bibliography biography nju 2020 monographic eng xiv, 465 pages ; 25 cm "Between the late nineteenth century and the outbreak of the First World War, many prominent thinkers in Britain and the United States elaborated a vision for the unification of the English-speaking world into a single political entity. The basis for this utopian thinking was a shared assumption about the racial and cultural exceptionalism of the Anglo-Saxon peoples. This book by Duncan Bell is the first study of the wide range of figures - prominent scholars, journalists, novelists, politicians and businessmen - who pushed for closer co-operation and integration between the two transatlantic anglophone powers and even for the eventual creation of an 'Angloworld' which would extend to the British settler colonies in North America and the Pacific. Such ideas were given added impetus by geopolitical crises, including the Venezuela boundary disputes of the mid-1890s and the imperial wars in South Africa and the Philippines. The author takes up the ideas of dozens of thinkers on both sides of the Atlantic, from the celebrated to the obscure, though central to the book is a quartet of noteworthy figures: Andrew Carnegie, W.T. Stead, Cecil J. Rhodes, and H.G. Wells. Campaigning groups were established; transatlantic networks were formed; articles, pamphlets, books and speeches were written and disseminated - all with the aim of emphasising unity. Proposals for institutionalising transatlantic links ranged from the modest to the extraordinarily bold. The former included strengthening defence co-operation, deepening economic connections, and co-ordinating imperial strategy, while the latter encompassed plans for the creation of novel forms of political community, even a single transatlantic state. And much of the thinking was underpinned by ideas about race and a shared Anglo-Saxon cultural inheritance. Although the popularity of this vision began to wane in the mid-Edwardian era, versions of it reverberated through the twentieth century, and echo now into the present"--! Provided by publisher Introduction: Dreamworlds of race -- The dreamer of dreams: Andrew Carnegie and the reunion of the race -- Americanizing the world: W.T. Stead and Cecil J. Rhodes -- Artists in reality: H.G. Wells and the New Republic -- Machine dreams: the Angloworld as science fiction -- Beyond the sovereign state: isopolitan citizenship and race patriotism -- A messenger of peace to the world: racial utopianism and the abolition of war -- Conclusion: Unveiling the Sphinx. Duncan Bell. Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-449) and index. e-uk--- n-us--- Carnegie, Andrew 1835-1919 Influence Carnegie, Andrew 1835-1919 Influencia Stead, W. T. (William Thomas) 1849-1912 Influence Stead, W. T. (William Thomas) 1849-1912 Influencia Rhodes, Cecil 1853-1902 Influence Rhodes, Cecil 1853-1902 Influencia Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866-1946 Influence Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) 1866-1946 Influencia Anglo-Saxon race Pueblos anglosajones Race anglo-saxonne English-speaking countries Países de habla inglesa Great Britain Colonies Gran Bretaña Colonias Great Britain Relations United States Gran Bretaña Relaciones Estados Unidos United States Relations Great Britain Estados Unidos Relaciones Gran Bretaña Grande-Bretagne Colonies CB 216 B433d 2020 901 9780691194011 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) 0691194017 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) 2020943856 YDX 200807 20250512132830.0 21656469 eng