The British Commonwealth And Empire

Author : Martin Kitchen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 50,9 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 : British Information Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Commonwealth countries
ISBN : UIUC:30112063401530

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The British Commonwealth and Empire by British Information Services Pdf

Author : British Information Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 42,8 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 : K. Srinivasan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 51,9 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 : Paul Knaplund
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Commonwealth (Organization)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105080778520

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

Author : Philip Murphy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,6 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 : Walter James Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1943
Category : Commonwealth countries
ISBN : UCAL:$B674139

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The British Commonwealth and Empire by Walter James Turner Pdf

A collection of works published separately previously in the Britain in pictures series: 5, 6, 9, 10,18, 36 and 40.

Author : Saul Dubow,Richard Drayton
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 55,7 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 : Edward Grierson
Publisher : Collins Publishers San Francisco
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015016922729

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The Imperial Dream by Edward Grierson Pdf

This Book Is By All Standards One Of The Best One-Volume History Of The Rise And Fall Of The British Empire.

Author : James Garland Allen
Publisher : Boulder, Colo. : University of Colorado
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Commonwealth countries
ISBN : UCAL:B4366527

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Editorial Opinion in the Contemporary British Commonwealth and Empire by James Garland Allen Pdf

Author : Vincent Todd Harlow,Great Britain. Central Office of Information
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : Commonwealth countries
ISBN : UIUC:30112083821758

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Origins and Purpose by Vincent Todd Harlow,Great Britain. Central Office of Information Pdf

Author : John Darwin,Frederick Madden
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 49,7 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.

Author : Edward Henry Carter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : OCLC:2648862

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Across the Seven Seas by Edward Henry Carter Pdf

Author : Ernest Barker
Publisher : CUP Archive
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Imperial federation
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Ideas and Ideals of the British Empire by Ernest Barker Pdf

Author : Philip Murphy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199214235

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Monarchy and the End of Empire by Philip Murphy Pdf

Examines the relationship between the British government, the Palace, and the modern Commonwealth since 1945 and argues that the monarchy's relationship with the Commonwealth, which was initially promoted by the UK as a means of strengthening imperial ties, increasingly became an impediment to British foreign policy.