The Britannic Vision: Historians and the Making of the British Commonwealth of Nations, 1907-48

by W. David McIntyre

Overview

Shows the role of historians in making 'Dominion' status, which combined autonomy with unity and provided the peaceful route by which Canada, Australia and New Zealand gained their independence within the British Commmonwealth of Nations, while South Africa, the Irish Free State and India, also Dominions, chose to become republics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230227811
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	04/22/2009
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	377
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

W. DAVID MCINTYRE OBE, is a leading authority on the history of the Commonwealth, and author of over a dozen books, including Colonies into Commonwealth and A Guide to the Contemporary Commonwealth. He has also personally reported on Commonwealth Heads of Government and other Ministerial meetings for twenty years.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations Preface List of Abbreviations PART I: HISTORIOGRAPHY Arthur Berriedale Keith Oscar D. Skelton Lionel Curtis Alfred Zimmern H. Duncan Hall Leo Amery Sidney Low Reginald Coupland Kenneth Wheare Keith Hancock Harry Hodson Nicholas Mansergh Patrick Gordon Walker J. Enoch Powell John Coatman Vincent Harlow Margery Perham Historians and Dominions PART II: TERMINOLOGY Britain, British, Britannic, British World British Subject Britishness Responsible Government Dominions Dominion Status Home Rule Commonwealth Imperial Conferences The Round Table Organic Union The Raj Imperial Preferences Imperial Defence 'Society of Peoples' PART III: CHRONOLOGY Federalism Frustrated Ambiguous Equality Optional Sovereignty Equality delayed - the Dominion of India Allegiance to the Crown Freely Associated Epilogue: Towards the Post Britannic Commonwealth Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

'With deft touch McIntyre brings alive the personalities involved in the process of formulating and implementing Dominion status...This valuable book is highly recommended...' - New Zealand International Review

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