Royal heirs and the uses of soft power in nineteenth-century Europe. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Frank Lorenz Müller, Heidi Mehrkens, editors.
• Editors: Müller, Frank Lorenz, 1970-; Mehrkens, Heidi
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Chapter 1: 'Winning their Trust and Affection': Royal Heirs and the Uses of Soft Power in Nineteenth-Century Europe; Notes; Part I: Conduits of Communication; Chapter 2: The Royal Shop Window: Royal Heirs and the Monarchy in Post-Risorgimento Italy, 1860-1878; Notes; Chapter 3: A Visible Presence: Royal Events, Media Images and Popular Spectatorship in Oscarian Sweden; The Public Gaze; King Oscar and the Media; Material and Points of Departure; 1881: Living Walls and Implicit Rules of Conduct. 1905: A Sea of Handkerchiefs, and Walking Reporters; Press Photography and Royal Reporting; The Public Gaze Revisited; Notes; Chapter 4: Royal Ambassadors: Monarchical Public Diplomacy and the United States; Notes; Chapter 5: Ocular Sovereignty, Acclamatory Rulership and Political Communication: Visits of Princes of Wales to Bengal; Acclamatory and Affective Rulership: British Perspectives; Vernacularizing Princely Rulership: The Princes of Wales in Bengali Political Imagination; Conclusion; Notes; Part II: Persuading Sceptical Audiences. Bertie the Playboy Prince: Masculinity as Smart Power; Prince Hal versus Edward the Caresser: Edward VII's Narrative as King; Notes; Chapter 8: Archduke Franz Ferdinand: An Uncharming Prince?; Franz Ferdinand's Power; Franz Ferdinand and the Press; The Image of Franz Ferdinand in the Habsburg Monarchy; Franz Ferdinand-'The Big Mystery '56; Conclusion; Notes; Part III: Emotional Appeals; Chapter 9: Dynastic Heritage and Bourgeois Morals: Monarchy and Family in the Nineteenth Century; Familiarity; Domesticity; Respectability; Notes. Chapter 10: The Importance of Looking the Part: Heirs and Male Aesthetics in Nineteenth-Century Spain; Theoretical Approaches to Masculinity; Representations of the Male Heir: Alfonso XII and Alfonso XIII; Functions of Masculinity; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 11: How to Fashion the Popularity of the British Monarchy: Alexandra, Princess of Wales and the Attractions of Attire; Agency and the Power of Appearance; The Arrival of the 'Virgin Bride': The Princess of Wales's First Fashion Strategy?; Making the Right Choices for Ceremonial Attire: Wedding Dress and Coronation Gown. Chapter 6: The Power of Presence: Crafting a Norwegian Identity for the Bernadotte Heirs; A Greater Honour: The Heir as Viceroy; A Norwegian Education: Oscar I and His Sons; 'A More Complete Personal Knowledge of Our Country Than Any King Before Him'; A Time of Crises: Oscar II and His Sons; The Last Heir: Prince Gustaf Adolf; 'A Kingless Country': The Heir Departs; Notes; Chapter 7: Bertie Prince of Wales: Prince Hal and the Widow of Windsor; Queen Victoria: Mourning as Smart Power; The Crisis of 1871: Princess Alexandra and the Narrative of Atonement; Family Life and Soft Power.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 319 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 338.9406; History; Technology -- Europe -- History; Monarchy -- Europe -- History; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; Monarchy; Technology; Political Science -- History & Theory; History -- Modern -- General; History -- Social History; Political science & theory; History: earliest times to present day; Social & cultural history; World politics; History, Modern; History -- Europe -- General; European history; Europe; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137592064; 1137592060
• Related ISBNs: 9781137592088; 1137592087
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 19, 2016).
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