Redefining the Bonds of Commonwealth, 1939-1948 The Politics of Preference

This work is a path-breaking study of the changing attitudes of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa to Britain and the Commonwealth in the 1940s and the effect of those changes on their individual and collective standing in international affairs. The focus is imperial preference, the largest discriminatory tariff system in the world and a potent symbol of Commonwealth unity. It is based on archival research in Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

About the author

FRANCINE MCKENZIE is Assistant Professor in the History Department at the University of Western Ontario. She has published articles on the political and economic relations of the Commonwealth.

Summary

This work is a path-breaking study of the changing attitudes of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa to Britain and the Commonwealth in the 1940s and the effect of those changes on their individual and collective standing in international affairs. The focus is imperial preference, the largest discriminatory tariff system in the world and a potent symbol of Commonwealth unity. It is based on archival research in Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

Product details

• Authors: F. Mckenzie, F McKenzie
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 14.01.2014
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories
• EAN: 9781349430215
• ISBN: 978-1-349-43021-5
• Pages: 363
• Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series; Cambridge Imperial and Post-Co; Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series; Cambridge Imperial and Post-Co; Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
• Subjects: B, European History, world history, General & world history, c 1500 onwards to present day, Australasian & Pacific history, Asian History, African History, General and world history, World History, Global and Transnational History, Palgrave History Collection, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, Europe—History—1492-, History of Early Modern Europe, Africa—History, Asia—History, Islands of the Pacific—History, Australasian History, Australian History, Africa;Australia;bibliography;Britain;Commonwealth;history