British Empire-Commonwealth Research Articles

Distort, Deflect, Deny: Appraising European Colonialism at Empire’s End, 1956–63

With an emphasis on the British Empire Commonwealth, this article explores how English-speaking Canadians understood European colonialism – its historical purpose, legacies, and demise – and the anti-colonial nationalism that ranged against it in the years bracketing the United Nations’ adoption of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in 1960. An extensive survey of opinion in the mainstream English-language press, supplemented by the perspectives of intellectuals, diplomats, and parliamentarians, suggests that empire apologism, contempt for anti-colonial nationalism, and the misrepresentation of colonial liberation struggles were pervasive. Building on recent scholarship that explores how race thinking shaped Canada’s international relations, and drawing from cultural theorist Kuan-Hsing Chen’s concept of deimperialization, the author argues that the preponderance of these phenomena evinced and abetted a failure to come to terms with colonialism’s deleterious imprint on the Third World.

Introduction

Contributions to this special issue of Irish Historical Studies come under the dedicated theme of ‘Ireland and the British Empire-Commonwealth’. The papers originate from a workshop entitled ‘Ireland and empire’ that took place at the University of Leeds in March 2005. One of the key objectives behind the organisation of this workshop was to bring together specialists in British, Irish and imperial and Commonwealth history with an interest in the wide-ranging debates linked to the issue of ‘Ireland and empire’. At the workshop, the papers presented a range of topics within the context of literature and the arts; agriculture and industry; metropolitan politics and diplomacy. The overarching theme was the ‘Irish experience’ within an ‘interconnected British world’ during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Northern Ireland and the British Empire–Commonwealth, 1923–61

Despite the unprecedented interest shown by historians in Ireland and empire in recent years, comparatively little research has focused on Northern Ireland’s connections to the British Empire-Commonwealth in the post-partition decades. This article utilises some new sources to throw light on both the centrifugal and centripetal aspects of the imperial relationship. The discussion begins with the imperial significance of visits to Northern Ireland by statesmen such as William Massey, Prime Minister of New Zealand, to his native Ulster in 1923, and that of Gordon Coates, also Prime Minister of New Zealand, three years later. At the end of the period, the visit of Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker to both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland can add to our knowledge about the changing relationship between Northern Ireland and the Commonwealth.

The Historiography of the British Empire-Commonwealth: Trends, Interpretations, and Resources

The Historiography of the British Empire-Commonwealth: Trends, Interpretations, and Resources

The Historiography of the British Empire-Commonwealth, Trends, Interpretations, and Resources. Edited by Robin W. Winks. Duke University Press, Durham, N.C., 1966. Pp. xiv, 596. Introduction, Appendix, Index. Price $12.50.

The Historiography of the British Empire-Commonwealth, Trends, Interpretations, and Resources. Edited by Robin W. Winks. Duke University Press, Durham, N.C., 1966. Pp. xiv, 596. Introduction, Appendix, Index. Price $12.50.

Historiography of the Colonial Period - The Historiography of the British Empire-Commonwealth. Edited by Robin W. Winks. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1966. Pp. xiv+ 596. $12.50.

Historiography of the Colonial Period - The Historiography of the British Empire-Commonwealth. Edited by Robin W. Winks. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1966. Pp. xiv+ 596. $12.50. - Volume 8 Issue 2

The Historiography of the British Empire-Commonwealth: Trends, Interpretations, and Resources

In this volume of 22 essays by a range of leading academics, a substantial attempt has been made to examine the body of published historical literature relating to the British Empire and Commonwealth. The main purpose of the essays is threefold: to provide, individually and collectively, a critical assessment and survey of the literature available up to 1966; to explain how this literature has developed; and to act as a guide to subsequent research. This wide ranging and detailed survey continues to remain of central importance to students, academics and librarians alike, and benefits from a new introduction by Robin Winks.

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Robin W.Winks, editor, The Historiography of the British Empire-Commonwealth: Trends, Interpretations, and Resources (Durham, N.C., Duke University Press, 1966), pp xiv + 596: $12.00 U.S.

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The Historiography of the British Empire-Commonwealth: Trends, Interpretations and Resources.

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The Constitutional Law of the British Dominions. By Arthur Barriedale Keith. (London: Macmillan and Company. 1933. Pp. xxvi, 522.) - The British Empire-Commonwealth. By Reginald G. Trotter. (New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1932. Pp. 131.)

The Constitutional Law of the British Dominions. By Arthur Barriedale Keith. (London: Macmillan and Company. 1933. Pp. xxvi, 522.) - The British Empire-Commonwealth. By Reginald G. Trotter. (New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1932. Pp. 131.) - Volume 27 Issue 4