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Books on: british commonwealth history

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The End of Empire: Dependencies since 1948 : Select Documents on the Constitutional History of the British Empire and Commonwealth

Book by Frederick Madden; Greenwood, 2000

Subjects:

Constitutional History--Commonwealth Countries--Sources, Constitutional History--Great Britain--Colonies--Sources, Constitutional History--Great Britain--Sources

Collections: History, Entire Library

...under the new British Nationality Act...citizenship and to retain British sub.jecthood too...with knowledge of Commonwealth history and relations...government suggested Commonwealth citizen rather than British sub,ject: (C...
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The Revolt of French Canada, 1800-1835: A Chapter of the History of the British Commonwealth

Book by Helen Taft Manning; St Martins Press, 1962

Subjects:

Canada--Politics And Government--1791-1841, Great Britain--Colonies--America, Nationalism--Quaebec (Province)

Collections: History, Entire Library

the constitutional history of Canada is of real importance...one of the most dangerous periods of British history is proof of how much his cousin relied...Dorchester, who had been sent to British North America in 1786 as the first...
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The Historiography of the British Empire-Commonwealth: Trends, Interpretations and Resources

Book by Robin W. Winks; Duke University Press, 1966

Subjects:

Commonwealth Of Nations--History--Bibliography, Commonwealth Of Nations--History--Historiography, Great Britain--Colonies--History--Bibliography, Great Britain--Colonies--History--Historiography

Collections: History, Entire Library

...growth of the Commonwealth itself has made...separate national histories. A general...teaching of history also has had...oriented toward the British units within...British Empire-Commonwealth. The "decline...Commonwealth history has failed to...institutions where British Imperial history...the Empire and Commonwealth. The old flag...
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Empire into Commonwealth: The Chichele Lectures Delivered at Oxford in May 1960 on Changes in the Conception and Structure of the British Empire during the Last Half Century

Book by Attlee; Oxford University Press, 1961

Subjects:

Commonwealth Of Nations--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...great binding ties throughout the British Commonwealth is a common respect for the rule...and especially respect for the British common law, a supreme tribunal...the various countries of the Commonwealth was, I think, a matter of some...
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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

at the unofficial Commonwealth Relations Conference...Biographical Studies Short histories are likely to give...primary importance in the history of the Commonwealth are promised shortly...Chamberlainite interpretation of British history and provide...all recent writing on British politics except that...

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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

...Origins of the British Commonwealth Strategic Reserve...burden in the British Commonwealth orbit. In 1955...serious event in history if Australia...quietus of the British long-term...the British Commonwealth economic conference...
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Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of Virginia, 1607-2007

Journal article by Kevin R. Hardwick; Journal of Southern History, Vol. 76, 2010

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Books--Book reviews, Old Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of Virginia, 1607-2007 (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of...Dominion, New Commonwealth: A History of...Virginias history has not been thoroughly...treated since the histories of Virginius Dabney...dominion or commonwealth. And yet, save...almost its entire history, the Virginia...mainstream model of British North American...
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British Commonwealth Carrier Operations in the Korean War

Journal article by David Hobbs; Air & Space Power Journal, Vol. 18, 2004

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Aircraft carriers, Armed forces, Korean War, Military engagements, Military history, Military strategy, United Kingdom

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British Commonwealth Carrier Operations in the...When not on patrol, the British ship would return to the Commonwealth base port at Sasebo to take...man on the spot." In the British Commonwealth command structure, anticipation...
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W.K. Hancock and International Relations in Australia: The Commonwealth as a Model of World Government

Journal article by James Cotton; The Australian Journal of Politics and History, Vol. 55, 2009

Subjects:

Australian foreign relations--Political aspects, British foreign relations--Political aspects, Hancock, William K.--Works, Historians--Works

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Professing History (Sydney...Survey of British Commonwealth Affairs Vol...Economic History: the Survey...Survey of British Commonwealth Affairs Vol...Economic History: A Retrospect...the Idea of Commonwealth (London...Survey of British Commonwealth...
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The Discovery of Islands: Essays in British History

Journal article by Todd Webb; Canadian Journal of History, Vol. 41, 2006

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Books--Book reviews, The Discovery of Islands: Essays in British History (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Essays in British History. by Todd Webb The Discovery...Islands: Essays in British History, by J.G...Ireland, Scotland, the British empire, or those settler...eventually made up the British Commonwealth. J.G.A. Pocock...

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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

...Museum of the British Empire and Commonwealth by Katherine Prior A NEW MUSEUM...ten years in the making, the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum offers the public an accessible history of the British empire and its many legacies...
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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

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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

...Purcell Looks at How 90 Years Ago the British Empire Rejected the Principle of Racial Equality on Which the Commonwealth Is Now Based. by Hugh Purcell The...evil of society. Yet it was the British Empire Delegation at the Paris Peace...
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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

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...Amin and His British Friends...Declassified Foreign Commonwealth Office Files...Amin and his British friends...declassified Foreign Commonwealth Office files...Britains Foreign Commonwealth Office...they felt British interests...
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Rewriting the History of the British Empire

Magazine article by Keith Windschuttle; New Criterion, Vol. 18, May 2000

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Austen, Jane--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Imperialism--Analysis, Oxford History of the British Empire (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., United Kingdom--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Africa and the Middle East, British free trade had established...and Gallagher were committed British socialists who were wary of...position of Beit Professor of the History of the British Commonwealth at Oxford, long the most prestigious...
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The Audit of War: What Was the British Empire's Contribution to the Victory in the Second World War? What Was the Impact of War upon the Empire? A.J. Stockwell Explores the Interlocking Questions of the Costs of War and Empire

Magazine article by A.J. Stockwell; History Today, Vol. 56, March 2006

Subjects:

British Empire, ca. 1600-1970, British foreign relations--History, Recruiting and enlistment--History, United Kingdom. Armed Forces--History, World War II, 1939-1945

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire (Cambridge...Oxford History of the British Empire: IV, The Twentieth...Decolonization of the British Empire (Oxford, 1977...on Churchill, the Commonwealth and the Second World...

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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, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Country Eager to Join the Commonwealth as It Recovers from...Periods in Recent World History. Byline: Julie Morgan...parties organised by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association...Rwanda is to join the Commonwealth. Rwandas request to...and not part of the British empire. Following...
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HEP, HEP, HOORAY; STARTS HERE WITH THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010: Louise Leads a Medal Blitz

Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), October 10, 2010

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Commonwealth games

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

...STARTS HERE WITH THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010: Louise...for England at the Commonwealth Games. Hazel escaped...great tradition of British multi-eventers...600th gold medal in Commonwealth Games history. And the gold medal...
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HEP,HIP HORRAY; STARTS HERE WITH THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010: Louise Leads a Medal Blitz

Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), October 10, 2010

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Commonwealth games

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

...STARTS HERE WITH THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010: Louise...for England at the Commonwealth Games. Hazel escaped...great tradition of British multi-eventers...600th gold medal in Commonwealth Games history. And the gold medal...
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"I Won Three Commonwealth Gold Medals, but I Still Thought I Was Rubbish; on the Eve on the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Carolyn Hitt Tracks Down the First Welsh Woman to Win an Athletics Gold at the Games, Kirsty Wade. She Talks Tactics, Motherhood and Insecurity with the Former Athlete, Who Now Runs a B&B in the Outer Hebrides

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), October 2, 2010

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Commonwealth games

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

...came in the following Commonwealth Games. Newly married...of the Games I was British and Commonwealth record holder and...their mothers sporting history? "Theyve seen a...theyre special. The Commonwealth Games are unique and...
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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, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...celebrated Welsh bowler in Commonwealth Games history by beating Canadian...was Ahmads second Commonwealth Games gold after...Welsh titles, 13 British Isles titles and...Wales. Yet never a Commonwealth Games medal. Until...

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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, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

COMMONWEALTH form of administration...collectively as the Commonwealth of Australia...components of the former British Empire and Britains...described as the Commonwealth of Nations . The...Commonwealth in English history was the government...
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British Empire

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...former dominions within a British Commonwealth of Nations , thus marking...subsequently joined the Commonwealth. In 1997 Hong Kong...many historians, the British Empire definitively...may have faded into history, Great Britain still...
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Westminster, Statute Of

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...1931, in British imperial history, an act of the British Parliament that gave formal...autonomy of the dominions of the British Empire and was in effect the founding charter of the British Commonwealth of Nations . It declared that...
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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...partners, and the Commonwealth countries are...members of the British parliament...respective regions. History Until 1707...countries of the Commonwealth and of EFTA, agreement on British entry was not...Historians on British History, 1485 1945...
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Navy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...From then on the British navy was the strongest...seas for 300 years. British naval power rested not...Influence of Sea Power upon History (1890); B. Brodie...Lenton, Warships of the British and Commonwealth Navies (1966); L...

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