Empire To Commonwealth

Author : Garth Fowden
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691015453

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Empire to Commonwealth by Garth Fowden Pdf

In this bold approach to late antiquity, Garth Fowden shows how, from the second-century peak of Rome's prosperity to the ninth-century onset of the Islamic Empire's decline, powerful beliefs in One God were used to justify and strengthen "world empires." But tensions between orthodoxy and heresy that were inherent in monotheism broke the unitary empires of Byzantium and Baghdad into the looser, more pluralistic commonwealths of Eastern Christendom and Islam. With rare breadth of vision, Fowden traces this transition from empire to commonwealth, and in the process exposes the sources of major cultural contours that still play a determining role in Europe and southwest Asia.

Author : Martin Kitchen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1996-08-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349248308

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The British Empire and Commonwealth by Martin Kitchen Pdf

From its modest to its recent disappearance, the British Empire was an extraordinary and paradoxical entity. North America, Africa, South and Southeast Asia and Australasia and innumerable small islands and territories have been fundamentally shaped - economically, socially and politically - by a nation whose imperial drive came from a bewildering mixture of rapacity and moral zeal, of high-mindedness and viciousness, of strategic cunning and feckless neglect. Martin Kitchen has written a fascinating, crisp, informative account of the rise and fall of the British Empire, concentrating on the 19th and 20th centuries but giving the background of the 'First British Empire', which was lost with the creating of the United States of America. His book is of particular value in relating the importance of the Empire to Britain's success as the only genuinely world power in the Victorian era and to Britain's ability to win the two great wars of the 20th century.

Author : Philip Murphy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190935009

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The Empire's New Clothes by Philip Murphy Pdf

In the wake of Brexit, the Commonwealth has been identified as an important body for future British trade and diplomacy, but few know what it actually does. How is it organized and what has held it together for so long? How important is the Queen's role as Head of the Commonwealth? Most importantly, why has it had such a troubled recent past, and is it realistic to imagine that its fortunes might be reversed?In The Empire's New Clothes,? Murphy strips away the gilded self-image of the Commonwealth to reveal an irrelevant institution afflicted by imperial amnesia. He offers a personal perspective on this complex and poorly understood institution, and asks if it can ever escape from the shadow of the British Empire to become an organization based on shared values, rather than a shared history.

Author : Sandra Robinson,Alastair Niven
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004335967

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Discourses of Empire and Commonwealth by Sandra Robinson,Alastair Niven Pdf

In Discourses of Empire and Commonwealth, edited by Sandra Robinson and Alastair Niven, a range of contemporary writers and critics reflect on the legacy of imperialism and the role of writers in forging a new, more cosmopolitan identity.

Author : Jason Beck
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 1987915003

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The Miracle Mile by Jason Beck Pdf

The 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver changed both the city and world sport forever. The Games will always be remembered for the "Miracle Mile," the much-anticipated showdown between the first two men to break the four-minute barrier, England's Roger Bannister and Australia's John Landy. But as the press focused the world's attention on Vancouver, and Bannister outpaced Landy in the stretch, fate found an even more dramatic story that seared itself into the memories of all who saw it. England's Jim Peters, the world-record holder in the marathon, entered Empire Stadium at the end of a brutal twenty-six-mile run, collapsing repeatedly before a medic stopped him two hundred yards from the finish line. These two stories brought the Games to a stirring conclusion on its final day - Saturday, August 7, 1954 - but there were many other extraordinary moments throughout the events. A group of novice UBC rowers pulled off the biggest upset in Games history on the Fraser Valley's Vedder Canal. Australia's Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, the fastest woman in history, blasted down the track one final time to remain undefeated in international competition, an unprecedented accomplishment before and since. Emmanuel Ifeajuna, a little-known high jumper from Nigeria, surprised the world when he won Africa's first-ever international gold medal. He later masterminded a bloody coup that plunged his nation into devastating civil war. Every single day offered up unbelievable tales of glory and grief. As one 1954 billboard boldly proclaimed, the Games were "a week you'll remember a lifetime "

Author : Goldwin Smith
Publisher : New York : Macmillan
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1902
Category : Fédération impériale
ISBN : UOM:39015063534260

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Commonwealth Or Empire by Goldwin Smith Pdf

Author : British Information Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Commonwealth countries
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU56662505

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The Story of the British Commonwealth and Empire by British Information Services Pdf

Author : Walter Phelps Hall,Robert Greenhalgh Albion,Jennie Barnes Pope
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39015003627869

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A History of England and the Empire-Commonwealth by Walter Phelps Hall,Robert Greenhalgh Albion,Jennie Barnes Pope Pdf

Author : Paul Knaplund
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Commonwealth (Organization)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105080778520

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Britain: Commonwealth and Empire, 1901-1955 by Paul Knaplund Pdf

Author : Saul Dubow,Richard Drayton
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030417888

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Commonwealth History in the Twenty-First Century by Saul Dubow,Richard Drayton Pdf

This edited collection draws together new historical writing on the Commonwealth. It features the work of younger scholars, as well as established academics, and highlights themes such as law and sovereignty, republicanism and the monarchy, French engagement with the Commonwealth, the anti-apartheid struggle, race and immigration, memory and commemoration, and banking. The volume focusses less on the Commonwealth as an institution than on the relevance and meaning of the Commonwealth to its member countries and peoples. By adopting oblique, de-centred, approaches to Commonwealth history, unusual or overlooked connections are brought to the fore while old problems are looked at from fresh vantage points – be this turning points like the relationship between ‘old’ and `new’ Commonwealth members from 1949, or the distinctive roles of major figures like Jawaharlal Nehru or Jan Smuts. The volume thereby aims to refresh interest in Commonwealth history as a field of comparative international history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39015043808404

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The Round Table, the Empire/commonwealth, and British Foreign Policy by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Churchill Somervell,Heather Joan Harvey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Commonwealth countries
ISBN : IND:30000084050586

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The British Empire and Commonwealth by David Churchill Somervell,Heather Joan Harvey Pdf

Author : Goldwin 1823-1910 Smith
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1361639172

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COMMONWEALTH OR EMPIRE by Goldwin 1823-1910 Smith Pdf

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Author : K. Srinivasan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2005-11-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230248434

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The Rise, Decline and Future of the British Commonwealth by K. Srinivasan Pdf

Written by a senior Indian diplomat who has until recently also served as Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General, this book provides a unique and far-reaching exploration of the British Commonwealth, and its impact since the second World War on the process of Britain adjusting to a world without Empire. Whither the Commonwealth now? What is its record of achievement; what are the benefits of membership to countries in terms of collective political influence, trade, investment, aid, travel and education? Can any practical good be envisaged for this nearly moribund post-colonial organization? Britain, which brought the association into being and is central to it, would have to play a key part in determining its future. But in coming to such decisions, the British Government faces great problems of perception, both from the Monarchy and the British public.

Author : John Darwin,Frederick Madden
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1993-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0313273170

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The Dominions and India Since 1900 by John Darwin,Frederick Madden Pdf

The sixth volume in Greenwood's ongoing series, this book is the first of three fine volumes to cover the twentieth century and the last stages in decolonization of the British Empire. It is concerned with the original five Dominions, the apparently inappropriate association of the Irish Free State with those Dominions, and the similarly anomalous status of India, the first non-European dependency and the first republic to secure full membership in the Commonwealth and to make it a multiracial association. The book documents the evolution of, changes in, and rise and fall of that Commonwealth association; the shifts in the balance of powers within the Canadian and Australian federations; the fulfillment of union in South Africa and Ireland; the coherence emerging in New Zealand; the bankruptcy in Newfoundland; and the separation of India and Pakistan. Two forthcoming volumes will deal with the colonies, protectorates, and mandates in the twentieth century.