The Dependent Empire, 1900-1948 by Frederick Madden (1994, Hardcover)

Key Details
Author:	Frederick Madden
Language:	English
Series:	Documents in Imperial History
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-10:	0313273189
ISBN-13:	9780313273186

Additional Details
Editor:	Frederick Madden, John Darwin

Size
Length:	912 pages
Height:	9.8 in
Width:	6.5 in
Thickness:	1.8 in
Weight:	50.4 oz

Publisher's Note
The penultimate volume in this documentary series covers the first part of the 20th century decolonization of the British Empire, concluding with Ceylon's independence. It illustrates constitutional developments in the West Indies, Mauritius and Seychelles, Hong Kong, Fiji, the Western Pacific, Gibraltar, the Falklands, and Africa, and both advance and retreat in Malta and Cyprus. It covers Egypt and the mandates of Palestine, Transjordania, and Mesopotamia. The introduction shows the changes in attitudes to and contents of colonial rule during the period. The concluding date saw Ceylon's membership in the Commonwealth, an abortive union of Malaya replaced by a federation, a failed initiative in Cyprus, abortive reform in Hong Kong, treaty revision in Egypt, policy change in the Sudan, and the establishment of Israel.

The penultimate volume in this documentary series covers the first part of the 20th century processes of decolonization within the British Empire, concluding with the independence of Ceylon, the first of the non-European-settled colonies. It also illustrates constitutional developments in the West Indies (particularly Jamaica, Trinidad, and British Guiana), Mauritius and Seychelles, Hong Kong, Fiji, the Western Pacific, Gibraltar, the Falklands, and West, East, and Central-Southern Africa, as well as advance and retreat in Malta and Cyprus. There is a section on Egypt and on the mandates of Palestine, Transjordania, and Mesopotamia. An introductory section demonstrates the changes both in attitudes to and the dimensions of colonial rule during the period from the deep freeze of trusteeship to partnership. The concluding date saw, in addition to Ceylon's full membership in the Commonwealth, the speedy replacement of an abortive union of Malaya by a federation, a failed initiative in Cyprus, and what proved to be abortive reform in Hong Kong and Fiji, treaty revision in Egypt, a policy change in the Sudan, the surrender of the Palestine mandate, and the establishment of Israel. By 1948, though doubts remained about a closer association of the colonies, protectorates, and mandates in West, East, and Central Africa, there was optimism about a possible federation of the Caribbean.

The penultimate volume of this documentary series covers the first part of the 20th century decolonization of the British Empire, concluding with Ceylon's independence. It illustrates constitutional developments in the West Indies, Mauritius and Saychelles, Hong Kong, Fiji, the Western Pacific, Gibraltar, the Falklands, and Africa, and both advance and retreat in Malta and Cyprus. It covers Egypt and the mandates of Palestine, Transjordania, and Mesopotamia. The introduction shows the changes in attitudes to and contents of colonial rule during the period. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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The penultimate volume of this documentary series covers the first part of the 20th century decolonization of the British Empire, concluding with Ceylon's independence. It illustrates constitutional developments in the West Indies, Mauritius and Saychelles, Hong Kong, Fiji, the Western Pacific, Gibraltar, the Falklands, and Africa, and both advance and retreat in Malta and Cyprus. It covers Egypt and the mandates of Palestine, Transjordania, and Mesopotamia. The introduction shows the changes in attitudes to and contents of colonial rule during the period. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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