Format:
1 online resource (627 pages)
ISBN:
9780816655120
Series Statement:
Europe and the World in the Age of Expansion
Content:
The author, a professor of history at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, presents a comprehensive survey of Commonwealth history from the time of soul-searching about the future of the British Empire, which marked the middle years of Queen Victoria's reign, to the year when Britain decided to enter the European Community. The account is divided in three periods - 1869 to 1917, 1917 to 1941, and 1942 to 1971. Within each period a four-fold thematic divisions is followed: Dominions, Indian Empire, crown colonies, and protectorates.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: The Concept of the Commonwealth -- Part I. The Pax Britannica, 1869-1917 -- Chapter 1. The Mid-Victorian Empire -- The Shape and Government of the Empire -- The Crisis of the 1870s -- (i) The Dominions -- Chapter 2. The Rise of the Dominions -- Colonization -- New Societies -- Chapter 3. The Evolution of Dominion Status -- Autochthonous Constitutions -- Gandhi in South Africa -- (ii) The Indian Empire -- Chapter 4. British Rule in India -- The Government of India -- Changing British Policies -- Chapter 5. The Indian Response to the Raj -- The Province of Burma -- The Colony of Ceylon -- (iii) Imperial Expansion -- Chapter 6. Malaysia and the Middle East -- British Malaya -- The Middle East -- Chapter 7. The Scramble for Tropical Africa -- West Africa -- East and Central Africa -- Chapter 8. The Pacific and the Far East -- The Western Pacific High Commission -- The China Coast and Weihaiwei -- (iv) The British Empire as a Power -- Chapter 9. Imperial Cooperation, 1869-1907 -- Colonial Conferences -- The Chamberlain Era -- Chapter 10. Imperial Cooperation, 1908-1917 -- Defense Cooperation -- The Round Table Movement -- Part II. The Commonwealth of Nations, 1918-1941 -- (i) The End of Unity -- Chapter 11. The Problem of Dominion Status -- Diplomacy -- Equality -- Chapter 12. The Failure of Imperial Defense -- Problems of Seapower -- Problems of Priorities -- (ii) The Reform of the Raj -- Chapter 13. India, 1918-1930 -- The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms -- Communal Issues -- Chapter 14. India, 1931-1941 -- The Great Debate over the Future of India -- Provincial Self-Government -- (iii) Trusteeship or Settlement in the Tropics -- Chapter 15. Burma and Ceylon between the Wars -- Burma -- Ceylon -- Chapter 16. Malaya and the Borneo Protectorates -- Malaya -- The Borneo Territories -- The Japanese Invasion.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780816607921
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780816607921
Language:
English
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