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Books on: british commonwealth history

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The British Commonwealth: An Experiment in Co-Operation among Nations

Book by Frank H. Underhill; Duke University Press, 1956

Subjects:

Commonwealth Of Nations

Collections: History, Entire Library

...great deal of Commonwealth history in the last...relationship of the British countries...Readings on the History of the British Empire-Commonwealth since 1839...interpret the history of the British Empire-Commonwealth as an example...
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Survey of British Commonwealth Affairs

Book by Nicholas Mansergh; Oxford University Press, 1952

Subjects:

Great Britain--Colonies, Great Britain--Foreign Relations--20th Cent, Imperial Federation, Nationalism

Collections: History, Entire Library

...because the history of the old British Empire, its...which the Commonwealth of the future...landmarks in British constitutional history. The essence of the Commonwealth had been...summary of the history and constitution...Co-operation in the British Commonwealth London...
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The British Commonwealth and International Security: The Role of the Dominions, 1919-1939

Book by Gwendolen M. Carter; The Ryerson Press, 1947

Subjects:

Great Britain--Colonies, Great Britain--Foreign Relations--20th Cent, Security, International

Collections: History, Entire Library

...of world history. Each has...character of the British Commonwealth of Nations...transformed into a British Commonwealth of Nations...its unhappy history, Irish Free...within the Commonwealth were to act...counterbalance to the British connection...
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Edward Gibbon Wakefield: Builder of the British Commonwealth

Book by Paul Bloomfield; Longman, 1961

Subjects:

Great Britain--Colonies--Australia, Great Britain--Colonies--New Zealand, Wakefield, Edward Gibbon--1796-1862

Collections: History, Entire Library

...countrymen today know it? Of course the British at present are rather underrating the significance of the Commonwealth for the world. Might not a little...in the Bulletin of the Department of History of Queens University, Kingston...
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The Commonwealth Pen: An Introduction to the Literature of the British Commonwealth

Book by A. L. McLeod; Cornell University Press, 1961

Subjects:

English Literature--History And Criticism, Literature--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...language; a British colony which...existence within the Commonwealth "family" is now...an effective history of a hundred...racial, re tury British colonialism has...Canada: Case History 1948 . The...vided by the Commonwealth Government...a novel or a history or a book of...

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Journal Articles on: british commonwealth history

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The Origins of the British Commonwealth Strategic Reserve: The UK Proposal to Revitalise ANZAM and the Increased Australian Defence Commitment to Malaya

Journal article by Hiroyuki Umetsu; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 50, 2004

Subjects:

Australia--Political aspects, English Commonwealth, 1649-1660--2004 AD, National defense--2004 AD, Politics--2004 AD

Collections: History, Entire Library

...pact; Wellington set great store by the Commonwealth, and New Zealands relationship with Britain...particular. As well, New Zealand viewed British participation as "a most useful counter-weight...declared "it would be a serious event in history if Australia and New Zealand were to...
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Commonwealth Credibility under Challenge after Coolum: W. David McIntyre Reports on the Postponed Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Held at Coolum in March 2002 and Suggests That It Marked a Set Back to the Credibility of the Association

Journal article by W. David Mcintyre; New Zealand International Review, Vol. 27, 2002

Subjects:

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., Conferences and conventions--Safety and security measures, McIntyre, W. David--Addresses, essays, lectures, Terrorism--Attitudes, War on Terrorism, 2001---Influence, Zimbabwe--Politics and government

Collections: Entire Library

...unexpected on history, the baleful...setback for the Commonwealth. Not only...odds with his British hosts. There...and, as the British relaxed after...rediscovered the Commonwealth, as seen in...interest, the British declared 1997...Year of the Commonwealth, and for the...
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The Commonwealth's Tri-Sector Dialogue: W. David McIntyre Reports on the Commonwealth Health Ministers' Meeting in Christchurch in November 2001 and Finds That It Exemplifies a Growing Trend in the Commonwealth

Journal article by W. David Mcintyre; New Zealand International Review, Vol. 27, 2002

Subjects:

Commonwealth of Nations--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., Public health administration--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., Social policy--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...tri-sector dilemma is the theme of W. David McIntyres A Guide to the Contemporary Commonwealth (London, 2001). W. David McIntyre is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Canterbury and has been the NZIRs special correspondent at...
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Public-Private Dialogue Takes Another Step Forward in the Commonwealth; W. David McIntyre Reports on the 5th Commonwealth Business Forum and 45th Commonwealth Finance Ministers' Meeting, Held in London from 23 to 26 September 2002

Journal article by W. David Mcintyre; New Zealand International Review, Vol. 27, 2002

Subjects:

Commonwealth of Nations--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., International relations, London, England--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...2002. A Civil Society Conference was held in the British Treasury. The Commonwealth Business Forum considered the challenge of globalisation...Ministers Meeting. He is Emeritus Professor of History at Canterbury University and a leading authority...
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German Assessments of British-Australian Relations, 1901-1914

Journal article by Peter Overlack; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 50, 2004

Subjects:

Australia--History, Australia--International relations, Australian foreign relations, British foreign relations, International relations, United Kingdom--History, United Kingdom--International relations

Collections: History, Entire Library

...reality in the new Commonwealth, the political and...threatens British imperialism. The fact...Journal of Politics History (AJPH), Vol. 34, 3...the origins of the British Commonwealths defense organisation...

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Magazine Articles on: british commonwealth history

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Museum of the British Empire and Commonwealth

Magazine article by Katherine Prior; History Today, Vol. 52, October 2002

Subjects:

Historical museums, United Kingdom

Collections: History, Entire Library

...making, the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum offers...an accessible history of the British...accorded the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum provisional...funding. The British Empire and Commonwealth Museum, Station...
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Idi Amin and His British Friends: Recently Declassified Foreign & Commonwealth Office Files in London Offer a Telling Insight into the Sheepish, Yet Cunning Way Britain Responded to Idi Amin's 1971 Coup

Magazine article by Carina Ray; New African, June 2006

Subjects:

Amin, Idi--History, Amin, Idi--Political activity, British foreign relations--History, Coups d'etat--Analysis, Coups d'etat--History

Collections: Entire Library

...government has promised to fulfill existing international commitments." History would later reveal how amply unfulfilled these criteria actually were. Following the ceremony, the British government issued an official statement noting its attendance at...
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Paris Peace Discord: Hugh Purcell Looks at How 90 Years Ago the British Empire Rejected the Principle of Racial Equality on Which the Commonwealth Is Now Based

Magazine article by Hugh Purcell; History Today, Vol. 59, July 2009

Subjects:

Equality--Conferences, meetings and seminars, International security--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Paris Peace Conference, 1919, Security, International--Conferences, meetings and seminars, World War I, 1914-1918

Collections: History, Entire Library

...90 Years Ago the British Empire Rejected...Equality on Which the Commonwealth Is Now Based...Purcell The Commonwealth, which celebrates...Yet it was the British Empire Delegation...George Barnes, a British delegate who was...Now that the Commonwealth is so proud to...
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Trouble at the Commonwealth

Magazine article by Osei Boateng; New African, August 2006

Subjects:

Commonwealth of Nations--Aims and objectives, Commonwealth of Nations--Evaluation, Commonwealth of Nations--History, International agencies--Aims and objectives, International agencies--Evaluation, International agencies--History, International organizations--Aims and objectives, International organizations--Evaluation, International organizations--History

Collections: Entire Library

...standards." Ayeni continues: "To understand the office of the Commonwealth secretary general as it is today, one has to go back to the...the First World War. With considerable influence from the British Civil Service tradition, but for reasons that largely had...
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South Africa and the Commonwealth Part One: The Years of Acrimony

Magazine article by James Hamill; Contemporary Review, Vol. 267, July 1995

Subjects:

Commonwealth of Nations--Relations with South Africa, South Africa--Relations with Commonwealth of Nations

Collections: Entire Library

...most important speech in South African history before the Cape Town parliament on 2...reviewed - dark years in South Africa-Commonwealth relations - before turning in the second...eventually proved beyond the powers of British diplomacy. Canada, however, under Prime...

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Newspaper Articles on: british commonwealth history

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Rwanda Rises from the Dead; Julie Morgan Has Recently Returned from a Visit to Rwanda - a Country Eager to Join the Commonwealth as It Recovers from the Devastating Genocide of the 1990s. She Recounts Her Experiences of a Nation Slowly Rebuilding Itself from One of the Most Turbulent Periods in Recent World History

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), August 10, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Periods in Recent World History. Byline: Julie Morgan...parties organised by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association...and not part of the British empire. Following its...there was praise for the British government and for our institutions and the Commonwealth. And other people were...
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Gold, Silver, Bronze for Bradley - What about a Medal for His Cheerleader? BRITISH CYCLIST WHO HAS MADE OLYMPIC MEDAL HISTORY

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 26, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...feelings when one has just made Olympic history? His fiancee Cath Cockran had been...kilometres against 17 other pairs. For the British pair it was an almost unbearably dramatic...go with all my world championship and Commonwealth Games ones, and my Olympic bronze from...
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Gold, Silver, Bronze for Bradley - What about a Medal for His Cheerleader? BRITISH CYCLIST WHO HAS MADE OLYMPIC MEDAL HISTORY

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), August 26, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...feelings when one has just made Olympic history? His fiancee Cath Cockran had been...kilometres against 17 other pairs. For the British pair it was an almost unbearably dramatic...go with all my world championship and Commonwealth Games ones, and my Olympic bronze from...
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Golden Girl; THE YOUNG SCOT AWARDS: A Heart Condition Wrecked Gemma S Dream of Commonwealth Glory. but Now the Teenager Is Back on Track

Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), January 29, 2006

Subjects:

Commonwealth games

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...given the all clear the night before the British Championships in June, in which she ran...could probably have qualified for the Commonwealth team if I there had been more time." Gemma, who made history at 14 as Scotlands youngest member of...
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Athletics: Rage or Greens for Beaten Weale; POST SPORT SPOTLIGHT ON THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES Welshman's Handshake Snub in the Bowls Final

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), March 25, 2006

Subjects:

Commonwealth games

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Wales oldest-ever medallists in Games history. But was Morgan ever a slow, focused...time however. Over 50 Welsh titles, 13 British Isles titles and even an MBE for services...Wells home in Mid-Wales. Yet never a Commonwealth Games medal. Until now. "Im very pleased...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: british commonwealth history

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Commonwealth

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...sense, the now independent components of the former British Empire and Britains remaining dependencies are described as the Commonwealth of Nations . The Commonwealth in English history was the government set up by the victorious army power...
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British Empire

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...independence and subsequently joined the Commonwealth. In 1997 Hong Kong passed to China...the opinion of many historians, the British Empire definitively ended. While the empire may have faded into history, Great Britain still continues to...
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Westminster, Statute Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...in British imperial history, an act of the British Parliament that gave...charter of the British Commonwealth of Nations . It declared that the Commonwealth was a free association...and specified that the British Parliament might not...
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Home Rule

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...interpretation see N. Mansergh, The Irish Question, 1840 1921 (rev. ed. 1965). See also W. K. Hancock, Survey of British Commonwealth Affairs (2 vol., 1937 42; repr. 1964); A. T. O. Stewart, The Ulster Crisis (1967); D. Thornley, Isaac Butt...
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Massachusetts

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...prominent in the commonwealths economy...Falmouth. History Early...increasing British tendency...within the British Empire, but...politically in the commonwealths unwavering...Hart, ed., Commonwealth History of Massachusetts...

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