Tobias Harper
Biographic Data
| ID | 3767487 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tobias Harper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tobias |
| FAMILY NAME | Harper |
| SIGNATURE | HARPER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0728-8866 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hannah Forsyth. Virtue Capitalists
Global history often renders down the histories of modern British settler colonies into generic settler colonialism. In works with a global scope, it’s easy to lose the particularities of the interactions between the social, cultural, and environmental circumstances of a place, especially when settlers seem to be broadly British in their cultural and political aspirations. In contrast, each modern former British settler nation’s local history-wri…
Harold Wilson’s ‘Lavender List’ Scandal and the Shifting Moral Economy of Honour
Harold Wilson's resignation honours list of 1976 was almost universally condemned by politicians, civil servants, and the press because it contained a number of high honours to individuals who were seen as scandalously lacking in merit. Unknown officials leaked details to the press and used multiple internal mechanisms, including the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee, to try to block the list, but Wilson pushed it through. This article examine…
The Order of the British Empire after the British Empire
The British government created the Order of the British Empire in 1917. In theory, the new order provided a unified trans-imperial system for marking both social status and the relative value of service to the state. It also borrowed from a late nineteenth century technology of imperial management, refined in India, through which the crown promised status and recognition to colonial elites and professional classes in exchange for a symbolic demon…
Voluntary Service and State Honours in Twentieth-Century Britain
The importance of the honours system as an institution in British politics and public life has frequently been underestimated. At the end of the First World War, the British government prioritized voluntary service to the state as an area which the honours system should reward more than others through the newly created Order of the British Empire. However, after the war the Order changed to focus more on civil servants, soldiers, and the broad ca…
Voluntary Service and State Honours in Twentieth-Century Britain
The importance of the honours system as an institution in British politics and public life has frequently been underestimated. At the end of the First World War, the British government prioritized voluntary service to the state as an area which the honours system should reward more than others through the newly created Order of the British Empire. However, after the war the Order changed to focus more on civil servants, soldiers, and the broad ca…
The Order of the British Empire after the British Empire
The British government created the Order of the British Empire in 1917. In theory, the new order provided a unified trans-imperial system for marking both social status and the relative value of service to the state. It also borrowed from a late nineteenth century technology of imperial management, refined in India, through which the crown promised status and recognition to colonial elites and professional classes in exchange for a symbolic demon…
Voluntary Service and State Honours in Twentieth-Century Britain
The importance of the honours system as an institution in British politics and public life has frequently been underestimated. At the end of the First World War, the British government prioritized voluntary service to the state as an area which the honours system should reward more than others through the newly created Order of the British Empire. However, after the war the Order changed to focus more on civil servants, soldiers, and the broad ca…
The Order of the British Empire after the British Empire
The British government created the Order of the British Empire in 1917. In theory, the new order provided a unified trans-imperial system for marking both social status and the relative value of service to the state. It also borrowed from a late nineteenth century technology of imperial management, refined in India, through which the crown promised status and recognition to colonial elites and professional classes in exchange for a symbolic demon…
Harold Wilson’s ‘Lavender List’ Scandal and the Shifting Moral Economy of Honour
Harold Wilson's resignation honours list of 1976 was almost universally condemned by politicians, civil servants, and the press because it contained a number of high honours to individuals who were seen as scandalously lacking in merit. Unknown officials leaked details to the press and used multiple internal mechanisms, including the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee, to try to block the list, but Wilson pushed it through. This article examine…
Hannah Forsyth. Virtue Capitalists
Global history often renders down the histories of modern British settler colonies into generic settler colonialism. In works with a global scope, it’s easy to lose the particularities of the interactions between the social, cultural, and environmental circumstances of a place, especially when settlers seem to be broadly British in their cultural and political aspirations. In contrast, each modern former British settler nation’s local history-wri…
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