Tory Suburbs and Imperial Enthusiasm

1886 General Election

Conservatives & Liberal Unionists

Liberals and Irish Nationalists

Queen Victoria's Jubilee 1887

Lord Salisbury PM 1885-1892;1895-1902

Imperialism

Scramble for Africa, 1885-1900

WHY? EXPLANATIONS

1. DIPLOMATIC

2. ECONOMIC

Depression of 1890s

Hobson, Imperialism 1902

• overproduction
• capital accumulation
• new markets

Lenin: Imperialism the Highest Stage of Capitalism 1916

• capitalism's problems exported
• imperialism linked to capitalism
• anti-imperialism linked to communism

3. POPULAR CULTURE

THE PRESS

• Wm. Randolph Hearst (USA)
• Alfred Harmsworth (BRITAIN)
• The Daily Mail

BOY SCOUTS

• BADEN-POWELL
• his grave
• Girl Guides

Foreign Missionaries

• Humanitarianism
• Role of western medicine
• Women missionaries (2/3)
• Depictions of non-western peoples

Gladstone's Last Administration 1892-94

National Liberal Federation--the Radicals

Newcastle Program, 1891

• Home Rule
• Land Reform
• Extension of Democracy
• Employer's Liability
• Restrictions on Hours of Labor
• Payment of MPs
• Disestablishment in Wales
• Temperance Reform

1892 General Election

Home Rule--passed 1894

House of Lords

Constitutional Stalemate

A Mandate?

Resigned 1894

Died 1898

Lord Rosebery PM 1894-95

1895 General Election

Conservative Ascendancy

Marriage and Family

What were the elements of the Conservative ascendency in the late nineteenth century?

Why was Queen Victoria admired?

Why did imperial issues become more important in both politics and popular culture?

What was the radical agenda?