Documents and speeches on British Commonwealth affairs, 1931-1952 - Volume 2
1953, 1st edition. London : Oxford University Press. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper (with minor loss), now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #433383
Physical description: 1 volume, pages 605 to 1308 ; 24 cm
Notes: Volume 2 only. Includes bibliographical references. Contents: v. 2. 1931-1952. India: the war, partition, and independence, 1940-7 -- Ceylon: from colonial to dominion status, 1931-47 -- Burma: self-government and secession, 1945-8 -- Ireland: the Republic and secession -- The Indian Republic: its constitution and its membership of the Commonwealth -- Pakistan: the guiding principles of the constitution -- Newfoundland: from government by commission to incorporation in the Canadian Confederation -- Tensions within the commonwealth: the Kashmir dispute: treatment of Indians in the Union of South Africa, and the future of the high commission territories -- Nationality and citizenship -- Financial policies: plans for economic aid to underdeveloped territories in the Pacific and South and South-east Asia, and for development and welfare in the colonial empire, 1940-52 -- The search for international security: the United nations: plans for regional and Commonwealth defence, 1944-51 -- The changing Commonwealth. Subjects: Commonwealth of Nations History; Sources; British Commonwealth of Nations History; World politics.
Price: €25.00