William Cloonan
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781786941329
- eISBN:
- 9781789629101
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3828/liverpool/9781786941329.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 19th Century Literature
Frères Ennemis focuses on Franco-American tensions as portrayed in works of literature. An Introduction is followed by nine chapters, each centred on a French or American literary text which shows ...
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Frères Ennemis focuses on Franco-American tensions as portrayed in works of literature. An Introduction is followed by nine chapters, each centred on a French or American literary text which shows the evolution/devolution of the relations between the two nations at a particular point in time. While the heart of the analysis consists of close textual readings, social, cultural and political contexts are introduced to provide a better understanding of the historical reality influencing the individual novels, a reality to which these novels are also responding. Chapters One through Five, covering a period from the mid-1870s to the end of the Cold War, discuss significant aspects of the often fraught relationship in part from the theoretical perspective of Roland Barthes’ theory of modern myth, described in his Mythologies. Barthes’ theory helps situate Franco-American tensions in a paradigmatic structure, which remains supple enough to allow for shifts and reversals within the paradigm. Subsequent chapters explore new French attitudes toward the powerful, potentially dominant influence of American culture on French life. In these sections I argue that recent French fiction displays more openness to the American experience than has existed in the past, and contrast this overture to the new with the relatively static, even indifferent attitude of American writers toward French literature.Less
Frères Ennemis focuses on Franco-American tensions as portrayed in works of literature. An Introduction is followed by nine chapters, each centred on a French or American literary text which shows the evolution/devolution of the relations between the two nations at a particular point in time. While the heart of the analysis consists of close textual readings, social, cultural and political contexts are introduced to provide a better understanding of the historical reality influencing the individual novels, a reality to which these novels are also responding. Chapters One through Five, covering a period from the mid-1870s to the end of the Cold War, discuss significant aspects of the often fraught relationship in part from the theoretical perspective of Roland Barthes’ theory of modern myth, described in his Mythologies. Barthes’ theory helps situate Franco-American tensions in a paradigmatic structure, which remains supple enough to allow for shifts and reversals within the paradigm. Subsequent chapters explore new French attitudes toward the powerful, potentially dominant influence of American culture on French life. In these sections I argue that recent French fiction displays more openness to the American experience than has existed in the past, and contrast this overture to the new with the relatively static, even indifferent attitude of American writers toward French literature.
Tony Elger and Chris Smith
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199241514
- eISBN:
- 9780191714405
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199241514.003.0010
- Subject:
- Business and Management, International Business
This chapter analyses the organization and activities of management within these Japanese subsidiaries, and how local managers responded to Japanese innovations in work organization and employment ...
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This chapter analyses the organization and activities of management within these Japanese subsidiaries, and how local managers responded to Japanese innovations in work organization and employment relations. It examines the role of societal differences in the professional formation and orientations of British and Japanese managers, but also addresses variations in the way they were influenced by their specific organizational and occupational careers, and conformed to or challenged received management recipes. This highlights complex processes of alliance and antagonism, not only between British and expatriate Japanese managers, but within each grouping and between different management specialisms. For example, some British managers embraced Japanese management approaches, some distanced themselves using the language of management commonsense, but most emphasized their distinctive competence in managing British labour. The chapter maps and seeks to explain the rather different ways in which such perspectives and patterns of management micropolitics developed in the different firms.Less
This chapter analyses the organization and activities of management within these Japanese subsidiaries, and how local managers responded to Japanese innovations in work organization and employment relations. It examines the role of societal differences in the professional formation and orientations of British and Japanese managers, but also addresses variations in the way they were influenced by their specific organizational and occupational careers, and conformed to or challenged received management recipes. This highlights complex processes of alliance and antagonism, not only between British and expatriate Japanese managers, but within each grouping and between different management specialisms. For example, some British managers embraced Japanese management approaches, some distanced themselves using the language of management commonsense, but most emphasized their distinctive competence in managing British labour. The chapter maps and seeks to explain the rather different ways in which such perspectives and patterns of management micropolitics developed in the different firms.
Tim Harper
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199297672
- eISBN:
- 9780191594335
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199297672.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter focuses on ‘British Malaya’ as Sir Frank Swettenham defined it by the end of the 19th century: the Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca, and Singapore, and the Malay States of the ...
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This chapter focuses on ‘British Malaya’ as Sir Frank Swettenham defined it by the end of the 19th century: the Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca, and Singapore, and the Malay States of the peninsula, where by the 1900s there were families who had seen three or four generations of service. They tended to stand apart from more recent arrivals, and on such distinctions the public debates of the community increasingly centred. But throughout the colonial period, careers continued to be made on a much wider canvas and some of the most important contributions to the making of the community came from those whose sojourns in the region were relatively brief. Malaya was at once one of the most plural, yet one of the most insidiously hierarchical of British colonial societies. For all its vivid life, ‘British Malaya’ was a strangely elusive and ephemeral affair, and now few traces of the imperial community remain.Less
This chapter focuses on ‘British Malaya’ as Sir Frank Swettenham defined it by the end of the 19th century: the Straits Settlements of Penang, Malacca, and Singapore, and the Malay States of the peninsula, where by the 1900s there were families who had seen three or four generations of service. They tended to stand apart from more recent arrivals, and on such distinctions the public debates of the community increasingly centred. But throughout the colonial period, careers continued to be made on a much wider canvas and some of the most important contributions to the making of the community came from those whose sojourns in the region were relatively brief. Malaya was at once one of the most plural, yet one of the most insidiously hierarchical of British colonial societies. For all its vivid life, ‘British Malaya’ was a strangely elusive and ephemeral affair, and now few traces of the imperial community remain.
Robert Bickers (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199297672
- eISBN:
- 9780191594335
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199297672.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
The British Empire gave rise to various new forms of British identity in the colonial world outside the Dominions. In cities and colonies, and in sovereign states subject to more informal pressures, ...
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The British Empire gave rise to various new forms of British identity in the colonial world outside the Dominions. In cities and colonies, and in sovereign states subject to more informal pressures, such as Argentina or China, communities of Britons developed and they developed identities inflected by local ambitions and pressures. As a result they often found themselves at loggerheads with their diplomatic or colonial office minders, especially in the era of decolonization. The impact of empire on metropolitan British identity is increasingly well documented; the evolution of dominions' nationalisms is likewise well known; but the new species of Britishness which attained their fullest form in the mid‐twentieth century have received significantly less attention, even though empire's propagandists celebrated their achievements at the time, and they paid close attention themselves to the fine detail of their own identities. This volume revisits the communities formed by these hundreds and hundreds of thousands of Britons, as well as the passages home some took, and it assesses their development, character, and legacy today. Scholars with established expertise in the history of each region explore the communalities that can be found across British communities in South, East and Southeast Asia, Egypt, and East and Southern Africa, and highlight the particularities that were also distinctive features of each British experience. These overseas Britons were sojourners and settlers; some survive in post‐independent states, others were swept out quickly and moved on, or back to an often uninterested metropolitan Britain. They have often been caricatured and demonized, but understanding them is important for an understanding of the states in which they lived, whose politics they were at times a crucial part of, British history, and the history of migration and settlement.Less
The British Empire gave rise to various new forms of British identity in the colonial world outside the Dominions. In cities and colonies, and in sovereign states subject to more informal pressures, such as Argentina or China, communities of Britons developed and they developed identities inflected by local ambitions and pressures. As a result they often found themselves at loggerheads with their diplomatic or colonial office minders, especially in the era of decolonization. The impact of empire on metropolitan British identity is increasingly well documented; the evolution of dominions' nationalisms is likewise well known; but the new species of Britishness which attained their fullest form in the mid‐twentieth century have received significantly less attention, even though empire's propagandists celebrated their achievements at the time, and they paid close attention themselves to the fine detail of their own identities. This volume revisits the communities formed by these hundreds and hundreds of thousands of Britons, as well as the passages home some took, and it assesses their development, character, and legacy today. Scholars with established expertise in the history of each region explore the communalities that can be found across British communities in South, East and Southeast Asia, Egypt, and East and Southern Africa, and highlight the particularities that were also distinctive features of each British experience. These overseas Britons were sojourners and settlers; some survive in post‐independent states, others were swept out quickly and moved on, or back to an often uninterested metropolitan Britain. They have often been caricatured and demonized, but understanding them is important for an understanding of the states in which they lived, whose politics they were at times a crucial part of, British history, and the history of migration and settlement.
Jonathan D. Bellman and Halina Goldberg (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780691177755
- eISBN:
- 9781400889006
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691177755.001.0001
- Subject:
- Music, History, Western
Fryderyk Chopin (1810–1849), although the most beloved of piano composers, remains a contradictory figure, an artist of virtually universal appeal who preferred the company of only a few sympathetic ...
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Fryderyk Chopin (1810–1849), although the most beloved of piano composers, remains a contradictory figure, an artist of virtually universal appeal who preferred the company of only a few sympathetic friends and listeners. This book reexamines Chopin and his music in light of the cultural narratives formed during his lifetime. These include the romanticism of the ailing spirit, tragically singing its death-song as life ebbs; the Polish expatriate, helpless witness to the martyrdom of his beloved homeland, exiled among friendly but uncomprehending strangers; the sorcerer-bard of dream, memory, and Gothic terror; and the pianist's pianist, shunning the appreciative crowds yet composing and improvising idealized operas, scenes, dances, and narratives in the shadow of virtuoso-idol Franz Liszt. The chapters demonstrate the ways in which Chopin responded to and was understood to exemplify these narratives, as an artist of his own time and one who transcended it. The book offers recently rediscovered artistic representations of his hands (with analysis), and—for the first time in English—an extended tribute to Chopin published in Poland upon his death and contemporary Polish writings contextualizing Chopin's compositional strategies.Less
Fryderyk Chopin (1810–1849), although the most beloved of piano composers, remains a contradictory figure, an artist of virtually universal appeal who preferred the company of only a few sympathetic friends and listeners. This book reexamines Chopin and his music in light of the cultural narratives formed during his lifetime. These include the romanticism of the ailing spirit, tragically singing its death-song as life ebbs; the Polish expatriate, helpless witness to the martyrdom of his beloved homeland, exiled among friendly but uncomprehending strangers; the sorcerer-bard of dream, memory, and Gothic terror; and the pianist's pianist, shunning the appreciative crowds yet composing and improvising idealized operas, scenes, dances, and narratives in the shadow of virtuoso-idol Franz Liszt. The chapters demonstrate the ways in which Chopin responded to and was understood to exemplify these narratives, as an artist of his own time and one who transcended it. The book offers recently rediscovered artistic representations of his hands (with analysis), and—for the first time in English—an extended tribute to Chopin published in Poland upon his death and contemporary Polish writings contextualizing Chopin's compositional strategies.
James Whidden
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199297672
- eISBN:
- 9780191594335
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199297672.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
A study of the British community in colonial Egypt, this chapter describes its size, its social types, customary business and leisure activities, as well as characteristic features of its political, ...
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A study of the British community in colonial Egypt, this chapter describes its size, its social types, customary business and leisure activities, as well as characteristic features of its political, social, and cultural attitudes. Attention is given to the founding of a British community in the nineteenth century, the building up of military, diplomatic, business, and educational institutions, as well as sport, tourism, and cultural activities through the first half of the twentieth century. As an investigation of social relations with the Egyptians, the chapter considers whether these were defined by supremacist attitudes or various forms of cosmopolitan social and cultural mixing, as well as political collaboration. The purpose is to provide a portrait of a colonial community that is more nuanced than conventional accounts restricted to either the strategic and financial interests of the British government or the public interest in travel, tourism, and Egyptology.Less
A study of the British community in colonial Egypt, this chapter describes its size, its social types, customary business and leisure activities, as well as characteristic features of its political, social, and cultural attitudes. Attention is given to the founding of a British community in the nineteenth century, the building up of military, diplomatic, business, and educational institutions, as well as sport, tourism, and cultural activities through the first half of the twentieth century. As an investigation of social relations with the Egyptians, the chapter considers whether these were defined by supremacist attitudes or various forms of cosmopolitan social and cultural mixing, as well as political collaboration. The purpose is to provide a portrait of a colonial community that is more nuanced than conventional accounts restricted to either the strategic and financial interests of the British government or the public interest in travel, tourism, and Egyptology.
Robert Bickers
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199297672
- eISBN:
- 9780191594335
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199297672.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter explores what the study of the 30,000 British residents (c.1935) of China and Hong Kong suggests about the identity of such British communities overseas, how they crafted particular ...
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This chapter explores what the study of the 30,000 British residents (c.1935) of China and Hong Kong suggests about the identity of such British communities overseas, how they crafted particular variants of British identity, and demonstrated their participation in the wider imperial world (through volunteering for military service in the First World War, for example). China presents a clear field for understanding the differences between settler and expatriate, and the relationship between officials and ‘non‐officials’ in different situations (formally colonial Hong Kong and semi‐autonomous Shanghai). They also highlight the transient nature of much residence in this world, as well as the ways in which core interest groups (property owning, service industries) found themselves increasingly rooted in China, but always self‐consciously segregating themselves from Chinese.Less
This chapter explores what the study of the 30,000 British residents (c.1935) of China and Hong Kong suggests about the identity of such British communities overseas, how they crafted particular variants of British identity, and demonstrated their participation in the wider imperial world (through volunteering for military service in the First World War, for example). China presents a clear field for understanding the differences between settler and expatriate, and the relationship between officials and ‘non‐officials’ in different situations (formally colonial Hong Kong and semi‐autonomous Shanghai). They also highlight the transient nature of much residence in this world, as well as the ways in which core interest groups (property owning, service industries) found themselves increasingly rooted in China, but always self‐consciously segregating themselves from Chinese.
John Darwin
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199297672
- eISBN:
- 9780191594335
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199297672.003.0012
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter reflects on the papers in the volume, exploring the historical significance of these British communities. Clearly, wherever they enjoyed any political or commercial influence, their ...
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This chapter reflects on the papers in the volume, exploring the historical significance of these British communities. Clearly, wherever they enjoyed any political or commercial influence, their ideas and attitudes, and the internal dynamics of their social systems shaped the imperial presence. They often determined the basis of the ‘collaborative bargain’ on which all kinds of empire—formal or informal—almost invariably depended. Secondly, the rise and demise of small settler and expatriate societies has a comparative interest. They suggest by default some of the reasons why British migrants elsewhere proved much more successful in colonizing their new worlds. Thirdly, although we might be tempted to see the cases examined in this book as forming the outermost margins of a ‘British world’, they also serve to remind us of the curious shape of the British ‘world‐system’.Less
This chapter reflects on the papers in the volume, exploring the historical significance of these British communities. Clearly, wherever they enjoyed any political or commercial influence, their ideas and attitudes, and the internal dynamics of their social systems shaped the imperial presence. They often determined the basis of the ‘collaborative bargain’ on which all kinds of empire—formal or informal—almost invariably depended. Secondly, the rise and demise of small settler and expatriate societies has a comparative interest. They suggest by default some of the reasons why British migrants elsewhere proved much more successful in colonizing their new worlds. Thirdly, although we might be tempted to see the cases examined in this book as forming the outermost margins of a ‘British world’, they also serve to remind us of the curious shape of the British ‘world‐system’.
Maria Misra
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198207115
- eISBN:
- 9780191677502
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198207115.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
This chapter examines the implications of granting freedom and autonomy to the Indian economy for the managing agents' business and the ...
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This chapter examines the implications of granting freedom and autonomy to the Indian economy for the managing agents' business and the effectiveness of the partners' response to them. It explores the debate over the nature of the relationship between expatriate business and the state and the effects of inter-war political developments on British enterprise. The progressive transfer of responsibility for government purchases from London to Delhi gave the Indian Stores Department discretionary powers to favour goods produced in India. In 1922 the Indian Fiscal Commission was established in order to develop a system of discriminating protection for sections of Indian industry. The government’s increasing reliance on revenue from tariffs also gave a measure of stimulation to other import substitution industries such as cement. However, expatriate business did not take a strong interest in tariff policy or take advantage of the Indian government’s willingness to involve it in its formulation.Less
This chapter examines the implications of granting freedom and autonomy to the Indian economy for the managing agents' business and the effectiveness of the partners' response to them. It explores the debate over the nature of the relationship between expatriate business and the state and the effects of inter-war political developments on British enterprise. The progressive transfer of responsibility for government purchases from London to Delhi gave the Indian Stores Department discretionary powers to favour goods produced in India. In 1922 the Indian Fiscal Commission was established in order to develop a system of discriminating protection for sections of Indian industry. The government’s increasing reliance on revenue from tariffs also gave a measure of stimulation to other import substitution industries such as cement. However, expatriate business did not take a strong interest in tariff policy or take advantage of the Indian government’s willingness to involve it in its formulation.
Rachael A. Woldoff and Robert C. Litchfield
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- February 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780190931780
- eISBN:
- 9780190931810
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190931780.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Occupations, Professions, and Work, Urban and Rural Studies
Digital nomads are knowledge workers who actively seek a lifestyle of freedom, using technology to perform their work remotely, traveling far and wide, and moving as often as they like. They have ...
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Digital nomads are knowledge workers who actively seek a lifestyle of freedom, using technology to perform their work remotely, traveling far and wide, and moving as often as they like. They have left their local coffee shops behind and now proudly post their “office of the day” photos from exotic locales, but what do their lives really look like? This book takes readers into an expatriate digital nomad community in Bali, Indonesia, and presents new manifestations of classic questions about community, creativity, and the role of place in the modern human ecosystem. It explains why digital nomads leave their creative class cities behind, arguing that creative class workers, though successful, often feel that their “world class cities” and desirable jobs are anything but paradise. This book follows nomads’ work transitions into freelancing, entrepreneurship, and remote jobs. Then, it explains how digital nomads create a fluid but intimate place-based community abroad in the company of like-minded others. It shows why and how individuals blend in-person and online activity in their pursuit of community and freedom. This book provides insights into individuals’ efforts to live lives and create work identities that balance freedom, community, and creative fulfillment in the digital age, and it provides insights into a larger cultural discourse about the future of cities, work, and community.Less
Digital nomads are knowledge workers who actively seek a lifestyle of freedom, using technology to perform their work remotely, traveling far and wide, and moving as often as they like. They have left their local coffee shops behind and now proudly post their “office of the day” photos from exotic locales, but what do their lives really look like? This book takes readers into an expatriate digital nomad community in Bali, Indonesia, and presents new manifestations of classic questions about community, creativity, and the role of place in the modern human ecosystem. It explains why digital nomads leave their creative class cities behind, arguing that creative class workers, though successful, often feel that their “world class cities” and desirable jobs are anything but paradise. This book follows nomads’ work transitions into freelancing, entrepreneurship, and remote jobs. Then, it explains how digital nomads create a fluid but intimate place-based community abroad in the company of like-minded others. It shows why and how individuals blend in-person and online activity in their pursuit of community and freedom. This book provides insights into individuals’ efforts to live lives and create work identities that balance freedom, community, and creative fulfillment in the digital age, and it provides insights into a larger cultural discourse about the future of cities, work, and community.
Tsedal Neeley
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- May 2020
- ISBN:
- 9780691196121
- eISBN:
- 9781400888641
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691196121.003.0001
- Subject:
- Business and Management, International Business
This introductory chapter shows how workers in the global organization Rakuten can be conceived of as expatriates in their own countries. Expatriates (often shortened to “expats”) are people ...
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This introductory chapter shows how workers in the global organization Rakuten can be conceived of as expatriates in their own countries. Expatriates (often shortened to “expats”) are people temporarily or permanently residing as immigrants in a country other than that of their citizenship. This chapter repurposes the word “expat” to mean people who are temporarily or permanently detached from their mother tongue or home culture while still operating in their own country. Here, the change to a lingua franca is the catalyst for all employees to become an expat of one sort or another in their daily organizational work while still living in their native country. Furthermore, the expat perspective that this chapter conceptualizes rests on the assumption that everyone is at least slightly uncomfortable detaching from a native language or culture.Less
This introductory chapter shows how workers in the global organization Rakuten can be conceived of as expatriates in their own countries. Expatriates (often shortened to “expats”) are people temporarily or permanently residing as immigrants in a country other than that of their citizenship. This chapter repurposes the word “expat” to mean people who are temporarily or permanently detached from their mother tongue or home culture while still operating in their own country. Here, the change to a lingua franca is the catalyst for all employees to become an expat of one sort or another in their daily organizational work while still living in their native country. Furthermore, the expat perspective that this chapter conceptualizes rests on the assumption that everyone is at least slightly uncomfortable detaching from a native language or culture.
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226181660
- eISBN:
- 9780226181684
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226181684.003.0021
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter presents “Pins, Not for Me”, a poem written in 1944 by an anonymous author. This poem is about a meaningless incident that epitomizes what Lion Feuchtwanger has described as the life of ...
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This chapter presents “Pins, Not for Me”, a poem written in 1944 by an anonymous author. This poem is about a meaningless incident that epitomizes what Lion Feuchtwanger has described as the life of exiles or expatriates: most often it consisted of small, unpleasant situations that were frequently quite ridiculous.Less
This chapter presents “Pins, Not for Me”, a poem written in 1944 by an anonymous author. This poem is about a meaningless incident that epitomizes what Lion Feuchtwanger has described as the life of exiles or expatriates: most often it consisted of small, unpleasant situations that were frequently quite ridiculous.
Catherine Ladds
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780719085482
- eISBN:
- 9781781704974
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719085482.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Imperialism and Colonialism
The Chinese Customs Service was a central pillar of the foreign presence in China, 1854–1949. Its far-reaching responsibilities included collecting duties on foreign trade, establishing China's first ...
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The Chinese Customs Service was a central pillar of the foreign presence in China, 1854–1949. Its far-reaching responsibilities included collecting duties on foreign trade, establishing China's first postal service, participating in international exhibitions, and even diplomacy. This is the first book-length study of the 11,000 expatriates from twenty-three different countries who worked for the Customs, exploring how their lives and careers were shaped by imperial ideologies, networks and structures. In doing so it highlights the vast range of people for whom the empire world spoke of opportunity. In an age of globalisation, the insights that this book provides into the personal and professional ramifications of working overseas are especially valuable. Empire Careers considers the professional triumphs and tribulations of the foreign staff, their social activities, their private and family lives, their physical and mental illnesses, and how all of these factors were influenced by the changing political context in China and abroad. Customs employees worked across the length and breadth of China, from the cosmopolitan commercial hub of Shanghai to isolated lighthouses. They thus formed the most visible face of imperialism in China. Contrary to the common assumption that China was merely an ‘outpost’ of empire, exploration of the Customs's cosmopolitan personnel encourages us to see East Asia as a place where multiple imperial trajectories converged. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of imperial history and the political history of modern China.Less
The Chinese Customs Service was a central pillar of the foreign presence in China, 1854–1949. Its far-reaching responsibilities included collecting duties on foreign trade, establishing China's first postal service, participating in international exhibitions, and even diplomacy. This is the first book-length study of the 11,000 expatriates from twenty-three different countries who worked for the Customs, exploring how their lives and careers were shaped by imperial ideologies, networks and structures. In doing so it highlights the vast range of people for whom the empire world spoke of opportunity. In an age of globalisation, the insights that this book provides into the personal and professional ramifications of working overseas are especially valuable. Empire Careers considers the professional triumphs and tribulations of the foreign staff, their social activities, their private and family lives, their physical and mental illnesses, and how all of these factors were influenced by the changing political context in China and abroad. Customs employees worked across the length and breadth of China, from the cosmopolitan commercial hub of Shanghai to isolated lighthouses. They thus formed the most visible face of imperialism in China. Contrary to the common assumption that China was merely an ‘outpost’ of empire, exploration of the Customs's cosmopolitan personnel encourages us to see East Asia as a place where multiple imperial trajectories converged. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of imperial history and the political history of modern China.
Janet Wilson, Gerri Kimber, and Delia da Sousa Correa (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780748669097
- eISBN:
- 9780748695140
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748669097.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, Women's Literature
In seeking new possibilities for alignments with, and resolutions to, the contradictory agendas implied by the terms ‘(post)colonial’ and ‘modernist’, the essays in this volume address the clashing ...
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In seeking new possibilities for alignments with, and resolutions to, the contradictory agendas implied by the terms ‘(post)colonial’ and ‘modernist’, the essays in this volume address the clashing perspectives between Mansfield’s life in Europe, where her troubled self-designation as the ‘little colonial’ became a fertile source of her distinctive brand of literary modernism, and her ongoing, complex relationship with her New Zealand homeland. The contributors investigate Mansfield’s (post)colonial modernism in the context both of New Zealand settler-colonial fiction and of her European literary inheritance. Affinities with writers such as Edith Wharton and Robert Louis Stevenson reveal that ‘home’ can be a diasporic place, combining alienation with belonging. The volume also registers initial responses to the widened scope for Mansfield scholarship launched by the first two volumes of the new Edinburgh Collected Works of Katherine Mansfield.Less
In seeking new possibilities for alignments with, and resolutions to, the contradictory agendas implied by the terms ‘(post)colonial’ and ‘modernist’, the essays in this volume address the clashing perspectives between Mansfield’s life in Europe, where her troubled self-designation as the ‘little colonial’ became a fertile source of her distinctive brand of literary modernism, and her ongoing, complex relationship with her New Zealand homeland. The contributors investigate Mansfield’s (post)colonial modernism in the context both of New Zealand settler-colonial fiction and of her European literary inheritance. Affinities with writers such as Edith Wharton and Robert Louis Stevenson reveal that ‘home’ can be a diasporic place, combining alienation with belonging. The volume also registers initial responses to the widened scope for Mansfield scholarship launched by the first two volumes of the new Edinburgh Collected Works of Katherine Mansfield.
William Cloonan
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781786941329
- eISBN:
- 9781789629101
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3828/liverpool/9781786941329.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 19th Century Literature
A critique of American expatriates, mostly veterans of World War I, who turn Europe into a vast American playground. The alleged justification of their behaviour is their traumatic experiences of the ...
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A critique of American expatriates, mostly veterans of World War I, who turn Europe into a vast American playground. The alleged justification of their behaviour is their traumatic experiences of the Great War which has been over for ten years at the start of the novel. Robert Cohn’s character contrasts with that of his fellow expatriates and sheds light on their affections and sterility. He also represents the condition of post-war literature, severely tried by the realities of the war, but slowly re-establishing its strength and ability to comment meaningfully on the contemporary world.Less
A critique of American expatriates, mostly veterans of World War I, who turn Europe into a vast American playground. The alleged justification of their behaviour is their traumatic experiences of the Great War which has been over for ten years at the start of the novel. Robert Cohn’s character contrasts with that of his fellow expatriates and sheds light on their affections and sterility. He also represents the condition of post-war literature, severely tried by the realities of the war, but slowly re-establishing its strength and ability to comment meaningfully on the contemporary world.
William Cloonan
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781786941329
- eISBN:
- 9781789629101
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3828/liverpool/9781786941329.003.0010
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 19th Century Literature
The discussion shows how Diane Johnson’s novel, Le Divorce, is a rewriting of James’ The American. In this version the hero becomes the heroine, yet many of the dichotomies between the French and the ...
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The discussion shows how Diane Johnson’s novel, Le Divorce, is a rewriting of James’ The American. In this version the hero becomes the heroine, yet many of the dichotomies between the French and the Americans are maintained. EuroDisney, the symbol of American popular culture in France is paralleled by the quartier Saint-Germain-Des-Prés which has become a more highbrow French theme park, vaunting the glories of post-war French culture in the midst of upscale boutiques offering luxury items to wealthy American tourists. This is the only time in the novels discussed that an American makes a sustained effort to integrate herself into French society.Less
The discussion shows how Diane Johnson’s novel, Le Divorce, is a rewriting of James’ The American. In this version the hero becomes the heroine, yet many of the dichotomies between the French and the Americans are maintained. EuroDisney, the symbol of American popular culture in France is paralleled by the quartier Saint-Germain-Des-Prés which has become a more highbrow French theme park, vaunting the glories of post-war French culture in the midst of upscale boutiques offering luxury items to wealthy American tourists. This is the only time in the novels discussed that an American makes a sustained effort to integrate herself into French society.
Michael J. Hathaway
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780520276192
- eISBN:
- 9780520956766
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520276192.001.0001
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Asian Cultural Anthropology
This book challenges the notion that globalized social formations emerged solely in the Global North prior to impacting the Global South. Instead, such globalized formations have been constituted, ...
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This book challenges the notion that globalized social formations emerged solely in the Global North prior to impacting the Global South. Instead, such globalized formations have been constituted, transformed, and propelled through diverse, site-specific social interactions that complicate and defy divisions between “global” and “local.” The book brings the reader into the lives of Chinese experts and scientists, officials, villagers, and expatriate conservationists who were caught up in environmental trends over the past twenty-five years. It reveals how global environmentalism has been enacted and altered in the People’s Republic of China, often with unanticipated effects, such as the rise of indigenous rights, or the reconfiguration of human/animal relationships, fostering what rural villagers refer to as “the revenge of wild elephants.”Less
This book challenges the notion that globalized social formations emerged solely in the Global North prior to impacting the Global South. Instead, such globalized formations have been constituted, transformed, and propelled through diverse, site-specific social interactions that complicate and defy divisions between “global” and “local.” The book brings the reader into the lives of Chinese experts and scientists, officials, villagers, and expatriate conservationists who were caught up in environmental trends over the past twenty-five years. It reveals how global environmentalism has been enacted and altered in the People’s Republic of China, often with unanticipated effects, such as the rise of indigenous rights, or the reconfiguration of human/animal relationships, fostering what rural villagers refer to as “the revenge of wild elephants.”
Heather Hindman
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780804786515
- eISBN:
- 9780804788557
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804786515.003.0003
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Anthropology, Global
Sending workers overseas is an expensive proposition and a great deal of research is invested in minimizing costs and maximizing returns of expatriate employees. This chapter explores the widely held ...
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Sending workers overseas is an expensive proposition and a great deal of research is invested in minimizing costs and maximizing returns of expatriate employees. This chapter explores the widely held claim that the families of workers - mostly wives/women - cause expatriates to fail. To discuss this claim, the text explores the predominance of this assumption, not only in scholarship but in the minds of overseas workers. It describes the work of families to ensure that their actions reflect positively on the wage-laboring member. In Nepal, this often entails a great deal of boundary making to produce a neutral, homey environment amidst the unfamiliar and difficult conditions in-country. The problems encountered by expatriates in Nepal are contextualized in relation to the unpaid labor of family members that is often demanded by employers and to the rise of human resources as an independent technical field.Less
Sending workers overseas is an expensive proposition and a great deal of research is invested in minimizing costs and maximizing returns of expatriate employees. This chapter explores the widely held claim that the families of workers - mostly wives/women - cause expatriates to fail. To discuss this claim, the text explores the predominance of this assumption, not only in scholarship but in the minds of overseas workers. It describes the work of families to ensure that their actions reflect positively on the wage-laboring member. In Nepal, this often entails a great deal of boundary making to produce a neutral, homey environment amidst the unfamiliar and difficult conditions in-country. The problems encountered by expatriates in Nepal are contextualized in relation to the unpaid labor of family members that is often demanded by employers and to the rise of human resources as an independent technical field.
Isidore Cyril Cannon
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789622099616
- eISBN:
- 9789882207301
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Hong Kong University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5790/hongkong/9789622099616.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, Asian History
It was possible that people in the Customs Service were already familiar with Brewitt-Taylor (B-T) when he joined in 1891 because the staff may have had contact with him in Foochow. This was because ...
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It was possible that people in the Customs Service were already familiar with Brewitt-Taylor (B-T) when he joined in 1891 because the staff may have had contact with him in Foochow. This was because the Service provided financial aid for the Naval Yard School as well as staff for the Naval Dockyard project. While informal social contact may have also occurred in the Foochow area, B-T was moreover increasingly recognized as he had been involved in the Royal Asiatic Society's North China Branch, and through his many writings. During this period, expatriates were able to move around in different field of work in China and in other developing parts of the world because they were more familiar with whatever work was available. This chapter looks into how B-T was assigned to work in Tientsin, his encounters with Alexander Michie of the Chinese Times, and his decision to marry Ann Amy Jane Michie.Less
It was possible that people in the Customs Service were already familiar with Brewitt-Taylor (B-T) when he joined in 1891 because the staff may have had contact with him in Foochow. This was because the Service provided financial aid for the Naval Yard School as well as staff for the Naval Dockyard project. While informal social contact may have also occurred in the Foochow area, B-T was moreover increasingly recognized as he had been involved in the Royal Asiatic Society's North China Branch, and through his many writings. During this period, expatriates were able to move around in different field of work in China and in other developing parts of the world because they were more familiar with whatever work was available. This chapter looks into how B-T was assigned to work in Tientsin, his encounters with Alexander Michie of the Chinese Times, and his decision to marry Ann Amy Jane Michie.
Gerald MacLean and Nabil Matar
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199203185
- eISBN:
- 9780191728433
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199203185.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, History of Religion
The first Britons to settle in the Muslim world were consuls, whose job was to ensure the rights and privileges that had been negotiated on behalf of the trading Companies. These were not the ...
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The first Britons to settle in the Muslim world were consuls, whose job was to ensure the rights and privileges that had been negotiated on behalf of the trading Companies. These were not the imperious Britons of the nineteenth century, but ‘marginal men’ who lived with Muslims, rather than by trying to recast or reform Islamic society. From seldom examined archival sources, we explore their living and working conditions and show how these varied considerably from the Maghrib to western India during this period. Expatriated consuls, like ambassadors, regularly extended their duties beyond commercial dealings, becoming involved in political alliances and agreements. As British power in the Islamic world increased, commerce and diplomacy became inseparable, with the result that consuls became men with considerable leverage in courts of powerful Islamic rulers. With gifts and threats, they engineered change in national policies and economic agreements.Less
The first Britons to settle in the Muslim world were consuls, whose job was to ensure the rights and privileges that had been negotiated on behalf of the trading Companies. These were not the imperious Britons of the nineteenth century, but ‘marginal men’ who lived with Muslims, rather than by trying to recast or reform Islamic society. From seldom examined archival sources, we explore their living and working conditions and show how these varied considerably from the Maghrib to western India during this period. Expatriated consuls, like ambassadors, regularly extended their duties beyond commercial dealings, becoming involved in political alliances and agreements. As British power in the Islamic world increased, commerce and diplomacy became inseparable, with the result that consuls became men with considerable leverage in courts of powerful Islamic rulers. With gifts and threats, they engineered change in national policies and economic agreements.
