The British Empire, 1558-1995

The British Empire, 1558-1995
Author: Trevor Owen Lloyd
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Commonwealth countries
ISBN: 9781383032093

Lloyd describes the full sweep of expansion and decolonization in the history of the British empire from the voyages of discovery in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the achievement of independence in the second half of the 20th century.

The Empire's New Clothes

The Empire's New Clothes
Author: Philip Murphy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-08-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190935006

In the wake of Brexit, the Commonwealth has been identified as an important body for future British trade and diplomacy, but few know what it actually does. How is it organized and what has held it together for so long? How important is the Queen's role as Head of the Commonwealth? Most importantly, why has it had such a troubled recent past, and is it realistic to imagine that its fortunes might be reversed?In The Empire's New Clothes,? Murphy strips away the gilded self-image of the Commonwealth to reveal an irrelevant institution afflicted by imperial amnesia. He offers a personal perspective on this complex and poorly understood institution, and asks if it can ever escape from the shadow of the British Empire to become an organization based on shared values, rather than a shared history.

The Statesman's Year-Book

The Statesman's Year-Book
Author: S. Steinberg
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1595
Release: 2016-12-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0230270816

The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.

Great Britain, the Dominions and the Transformation of the British Empire, 1907–1931

Great Britain, the Dominions and the Transformation of the British Empire, 1907–1931
Author: Jaroslav Valkoun
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2021-02-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000343049

The relations of Great Britain and its Dominions significantly influenced the development of the British Empire in the late 19th and the first third of the 20th century. The mutual attitude to the constitutional issues that Dominion and British leaders have continually discussed at Colonial and Imperial Conferences respectively was one of the main aspects forming the links between the mother country and the autonomous overseas territories. This volume therefore focuses on the key period when the importance of the Dominions not only increased within the Empire itself, but also in the sphere of the international relations, and the Dominions gained the opportunity to influence the forming of the Imperial foreign policy. During the first third of the 20th century, the British Empire gradually transformed into the British Commonwealth of Nations, in which the importance of Dominions excelled. The work is based on the study of unreleased sources from British archives, a large number of published documents and extensive relevant literature.

Unfinished Empire

Unfinished Empire
Author: John Darwin
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 574
Release: 2012-09-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1846146712

A both controversial and comprehensive historical analysis of how the British Empire worked, from Wolfson Prize-winning author and historian John Darwin The British Empire shaped the world in countless ways: repopulating continents, carving out nations, imposing its own language, technology and values. For perhaps two centuries its expansion and final collapse were the single largest determinant of historical events, and it remains surrounded by myth, misconception and controversy today. John Darwin's provocative and richly enjoyable book shows how diverse, contradictory and in many ways chaotic the British Empire really was, controlled by interests that were often at loggerheads, and as much driven on by others' weaknesses as by its own strength.

A Handbook for History Teachers

A Handbook for History Teachers
Author: Dorothy Dymond
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2023-11-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1003807038

First Published in 1929 A Handbook for History Teachers is an attempt on the part of a number of teachers (many of them members of the S. E. London branch of the Historical Association) to offer some practical help in the choice of historical material for children. It discusses themes like schemes of work in elementary junior and senior schools, textbooks for pupils under fifteen, class library books for pupils under fifteen, book lists for teachers, and sources for the preparation of history stories by the teacher. This is an essential read for history teachers and education.

Thomas Hodgkin

Thomas Hodgkin
Author: Louis Rosenfeld
Publisher:
Total Pages: 368
Release: 1993
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Hodgkin led a life dedicated to the betterment of those around him. First and foremost a dedicated Quaker, his religious fervor ran deep and was apparent in everything he did. He actively participated in the leading social reform movements of his time. He was committed to medical practice reform and education. His opposition to slavery and the slave trade was so strong that he worked to develop settlements in Africa for freed slaves. His strong commitment to social.