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The world's first superpower : from empire to commonwealth, 1901-present

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  • Author: Judd, Denis
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2011
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    Copyrighted
    2005
    Summary:

    This course will examine the development of the British Empire from the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, via its greatest terretorial extent in 1919 to its eventual decline and end in the years after World War II, and its final transformation in the Commonwealth of independent nations.

    Contents:
    • The Edwardian Empire, 1901-1914
    • Making the most of Empire, 1901-1914
    • The Empire and WWI, 1914-1919
    • The 1924 Wembley Empire Exhibition : Empire, trade, unity and disunity
    • Indian nationalism and the British Raj, 1914-1939
    • Sexuality and the British Empire
    • The Empire-Commonwealth and WWII
    • The Labour Government of 1945-1951 and the Empire-Commonwealth
    • "Winston's back!" : Churchill, the conservatives, and Empire 1951-1955
    • The Suez Crisis of 1956-1957 and the "Wind of change", 1957-1963
    • Labour back in power : The Wilson Government, 1964-1970
    • Embracing the Commonwealth and winding down the Empire, 1970-present.
    Genre:
    History and geography, Instructional and educational works
    Subject(s): History | Imperialism | Great Britain | Politics and government | British colonies | Commonwealth (Organization) | British Commonwealth of Nations | Commonwealth of Nations
    Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, Md., [Prince Frederick, Md.], Recorded Books, [Distributed by] OneClick Digital
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781449870720