Clio and Britannia's lost dream: historians and the British Commonwealth of Nations in the first half of the 20th century
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The ‘British Commonwealth of Nations’ was characterized by autonomy and equality, combined with allegiance to the Crown and voluntary cooperation. It was a short‐lived phenomenon, dependent on an ambiguous ‘dominion status’ which fell short of true independence. Yet at the time it was invested with immense idealism. The author looks at the views of a number of historians who engaged with the phenomenon, either as participants or as interpreters. He concludes that the ‘extremists’, who argued that there could not be a middle way between unity and full independence, were ultimately the most realistic.
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Neither side in Palestine was really interested in a shared bi-national state.
“Neither side was in fact really interested in such an outcome.85”
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- Authors
- McIntyre, D. W.
- Corresponding author
- McIntyre, David W.
- Venue
- The Round Table
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2004-09
- Volume
- 93
- Issue
- 376
- Pages
- 517-532
- ISSN
- 0035-8533 (ISSN-L)
- 1474-029X
- OpenAlex
- W2035477543
- Cited by
- 4
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2018: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Round Table (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Australian History and Society
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies
- Keywords
- Commonwealth of Nations, dominion status, historians, historiography, British imperialism, colonial autonomy, British Empire, 20th century
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