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The Britannic Vision W. David McIntyre

The Britannic Vision By W. David McIntyre

The Britannic Vision by W. David McIntyre

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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.

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The Britannic Vision: Historians and the Making of the British Commonwealth of Nations, 1907-48 by W. David McIntyre

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.

The Britannic Vision 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

About W. David McIntyre

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

Additional information

NPB9780230227811
9780230227811
0230227813
The Britannic Vision: Historians and the Making of the British Commonwealth of Nations, 1907-48 by W. David McIntyre
W. David McIntyre
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Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2009-04-22
377
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