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Backing Britain?: Imagining a nation's global economic future since 1900

支持英国？：想象一个国家自 1900 年以来的全球经济未来

基本信息

批准号：
AH/K006967/1
负责人：
David Thackeray
金额：
$ 15.01万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2014
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2014 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FK006967%2F1
关键词：
Backing Britain Imagining nation global

项目摘要

In recent years historians have shown a great deal of interest in how national economies have stimulated, contested and resisted globalisation. Nineteenth-century Britain is recognised as a leading actor in the development of the global economic order through its role in stimulating the Atlantic economy and creating networks of imperial trade. Yet whilst we know much about the cultural economy of the 'British world' of trade in the Victorian era, there are few similar works exploring the twentieth century. This study focuses on how Britain's economic future and relationship with its overseas markets has been imagined, debated and contested since 1900: a tumultuous period in which free trade and protectionism have fluctuated in support, the imperial economy was gradually dismantled, and the European Union has taken shape. In line with the AHRC's Care for the Future theme this project will break new ground in creating a bridge between historical and contemporary ways of discussing Britain's future global economic identity. Building on existing international research collaboration, it will evaluate the changing ways that Britain's economic direction and its overseas markets have been imagined and conceptualised by a range of different actors and the implications that this has for the nation's future economic identity in the current day. Drawing on a range of archives, attention will focus on the perspectives of governmental organisations, businesses, civil society organisations, marketers and advertisers. This project will pay particular attention to the changing ways in which British and overseas goods were presented in patriotic purchasing campaigns such as 'Buy British' in 1931, the Australian British buying campaigns of the 1940s, and 'I'm Backing Britain' in 1968. The notion of defining a product or company as 'British', 'imperial' or 'foreign' was vital to understandings of national and imperial economic identity. Recent work has explored how a 'British world' identity emerged in the nineteenth century, with the development of networks of migration, trade and culture which bolstered links between Britain and settler communities. Much of the most innovative work in this field has focused on the perspectives of settler societies within the British Empire. However, the cultural debates which surrounded the unravelling of this 'British world' of economic networks in the twentieth century are less well understood. This project will include archival research in Australia and New Zealand, thereby offering new perspectives on how external actors in the Empire/ Commonwealth fed into key debates about Britain's economic future, promoting, questioning and contesting ideas about a 'British world' of economic networks. Project findings will be discussed with the public in an exhibition held in collaboration with the Bill Douglas Centre for Film Studies, with academics from a variety of disciplines at an accompanying research workshop, and in policy papers for the Centre for Economic Policy Research and Institute for Public Policy Research. Two research articles will be produced for the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History and the Journal of Modern History, which provide the foundation for a monograph. International debate will be stimulated by UK-Chinese research workshops to be held in Exeter and Beijing. Britain's position during the current global financial crisis is heavily influenced by the historical development of international trade networks, which means that its economy is significantly more reliant on external markets than competitors in North America and Europe. This project will offer fresh understandings of how these networks were understood as Britain negotiated its role in the global economy over the last century. By offering historical insights into the 'economic imagination' of Britain it provides new perspectives on the foundations of the nation's identity in today's globalised economy.

近年来，历史学家对国家经济如何刺激、对抗和抵制全球化表现出极大的兴趣。19世纪的英国通过其在刺激大西洋经济和建立帝国贸易网络方面的作用，被公认为全球经济秩序发展的主要参与者。然而，虽然我们对维多利亚时代“英国世界”贸易的文化经济了解很多，但很少有类似的作品探索二十世纪。本研究的重点是如何英国的经济未来及其与海外市场的关系已经想象，辩论和争议自1900年以来：一个动荡的时期，自由贸易和保护主义的支持波动，帝国经济逐渐解体，欧盟已经形成。根据AHRC的关心未来的主题，该项目将开辟新的领域，在讨论英国未来全球经济身份的历史和当代方式之间建立桥梁。在现有的国际研究合作的基础上，它将评估英国的经济方向和海外市场的变化方式，这些变化方式是由一系列不同的参与者想象和概念化的，以及这对当今国家未来经济身份的影响。利用一系列档案，注意力将集中在政府组织，企业，民间社会组织，营销人员和广告商的观点。该项目将特别关注爱国采购活动中英国和海外商品呈现方式的变化，例如1931年的“购买英国货”、20世纪40年代的澳大利亚英国采购活动和1968年的“我支持英国”。将产品或公司定义为“英国”、“帝国”或“外国”的概念，对于理解国家和帝国的经济身份至关重要。最近的工作探讨了如何在世纪出现的“英国世界”的身份，与移民，贸易和文化的网络，加强了英国和定居者社区之间的联系的发展。该领域许多最具创新性的工作都集中在大英帝国内定居者社会的观点上。然而，围绕着20世纪经济网络的“英国世界”的解体而展开的文化辩论却不那么为人所知。该项目将包括在澳大利亚和新西兰的档案研究，从而提供新的视角如何在帝国/英联邦的外部演员投入有关英国的经济未来的关键辩论，促进，质疑和竞争的经济网络的“英国世界”的想法。项目结果将在与比尔道格拉斯电影研究中心合作举办的展览中与公众进行讨论，来自各个学科的学者将参加附带的研究讲习班，并在经济政策研究中心和公共政策研究所的政策文件中进行讨论。将为《帝国和联邦历史杂志》和《现代历史杂志》撰写两篇研究文章，为专著奠定基础。将在埃克塞特和北京举行的中英研究研讨会将激发国际辩论。英国在当前全球金融危机中的地位受到国际贸易网络历史发展的严重影响，这意味着其经济比北美和欧洲的竞争对手更依赖外部市场。这个项目将提供新的理解这些网络是如何理解英国谈判其在全球经济中的作用在过去的世纪。通过对英国的“经济想象力”提供历史性的见解，它为当今全球化经济中国家身份的基础提供了新的视角。