W. David Mclntyre, The Britannic Vision: Historians and the Making of the British Commonwealth of Nations, 1907—48. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, xvi + 377 pages, ￡65 hardcover

摘要

W. David Mclntyre's book considers a moment often neglected in accounts of the British empire: the 'Britannic vision" that briefly dominated early twentieth-century ideas for imperial relations between Britain and the Dominions. It highlights two broad schools of thought: those who foresaw closer union between Britain and the dominions, and those who wanted to see more independence and a looser, scaled back relationship.