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

by Francine McKenzie

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349430218
• ISBN13: 9781349430215
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"