1st Edition

Great Britain, the Dominions and the Transformation of the British Empire, 1907–1931 The Road to the Statute of Westminster

By Jaroslav Valkoun Copyright 2021
344 Pages
by Routledge

344 Pages
by Routledge

344 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction 1

1 The British Empire, or Commonwealth? 13

2 Great Britain and Its Dominions Before the First World War 27

3 The Empire During the War and Post-War Period 87

4 The New Constitutional Status for the Dominions? 173

5 The Road to the Statute of Westminster 235

Conclusion 279

Bibliography 284

Author Index 329

Subject Index 334

Biography

Jaroslav Valkoun is an assistant professor of general history at the Department of Historical Sciences, University of West Bohemia and the Department of Global History, Charles University, Prague.