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Monarchy and the End of Empire
Philip Murphy
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Description for Monarchy and the End of Empire
Examines the relationship between the British government, the Palace, and the modern Commonwealth since 1945 and argues that the monarchy's relationship with the Commonwealth, which was initially promoted by the UK as a means of strengthening imperial ties, increasingly became an impediment to British foreign policy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 maps, 16-page plate section. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBLW3; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 233 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
By the early twentieth century it was becoming clear that the Empire was falling apart. The British government promoted the Crown as a counterbalance to the forces drawing the Empire apart, but when India declared their intent to become a republic in the late 1940s, Britain had to accept that allegiance to the Crown could no longer be the common factor binding the Commonwealth together. They devised the notion of the Headship of the Commonwealth, enabling India to remain in the Commonwealth while continuing to give the monarchy a pivotal symbolic role. Monarchy and the End of Empire provides a ... Read more
By the early twentieth century it was becoming clear that the Empire was falling apart. The British government promoted the Crown as a counterbalance to the forces drawing the Empire apart, but when India declared their intent to become a republic in the late 1940s, Britain had to accept that allegiance to the Crown could no longer be the common factor binding the Commonwealth together. They devised the notion of the Headship of the Commonwealth, enabling India to remain in the Commonwealth while continuing to give the monarchy a pivotal symbolic role. Monarchy and the End of Empire provides a ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199214235
SKU
V9780199214235
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About Philip Murphy
Philip Murphy is Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Professor of British and Commonwealth History at the University of London. He graduated with a doctorate from the University of Oxford and taught at the Universities of Keele and Reading before taking up his current post. He has published extensively on twentieth century British and imperial history and the ... Read more
Reviews for Monarchy and the End of Empire
a carefully researched and beautifully presented book that chronicles the relationship between the monarchy, the UK government, and the decolonisation of the British Empire
Ruth Craggs, Reviews in History
Professor Murphy's book by a country mile the most important and well-informed to have been written about the contemporary British monarchy
Peter Oborne, The Telegraph
Philip Murphy's ... Read more
Ruth Craggs, Reviews in History
Professor Murphy's book by a country mile the most important and well-informed to have been written about the contemporary British monarchy
Peter Oborne, The Telegraph
Philip Murphy's ... Read more