Cross-Colonial Movements of People and the Formation of Intra-Imperial Networks in the Nineteenth Century British Empire

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520851
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: Kobe Women's University
• Principal Investigator: MORIMOTO-YOSHIMURA Mami 神戸女子大学, 文学部, 准教授 (80263177)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): NAKAZAWA Yoko (NAMIKAWA Yoko) 神戸市外国語大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (10295743) ; MIZUTANI Satoshi 同志社大学, グローバル地域文化学部, 准教授 (90411074) ; KAWAMURA Tomotaka 富山大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (80377233)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MIZUTANI Satoshi 同志社大学, グローバル地域文化学部, 准教授 (90411074)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: イギリス / 帝国 / 移民 / 植民地主義 / 国際研究者交流

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aims to analyse the patterns of the movement of human and their intra-imperial networks in the 19th century Britain, and to examine its effects to the local social systems, cultures and ideas. To approach this theme, we deal some specific issues, such as the child migration movements to North America, the women’s missionary in East-West Indies, and the British colonial policies and in India.
The conclusions are as follows: 1) The outstanding activeness of the movements of human, and overlapping and multiplexed character of the intra-imperial connections and networks they had formed; 2) Verified transmission of their colonial experiences, social systems, cultures, ideas; 3) and the cross-imperial character of these movements and activities. These results will contribute to further advance of the studies of British imperial history, recently paying much attention to the 'trans-imperial' aspects of the empires of the modern world.

Free Research Field

イギリス近代史、イギリス社会史