The Modern Commonwealth, Vol. 5 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Modern Commonwealth, Vol. 5 write by Ernest Ludlow Bogart. This book was released on 2015-07-14. The Modern Commonwealth, Vol. 5 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Excerpt from The Modern Commonwealth, Vol. 5: 1893-1918 To write the history of recent events is at no time an easy task. But when this history concerns the development of a growing, dynamic body like the people of Illinois, the attempt to portray their manifold activities and constant readjustments becomes doubly difficult. This volume seeks to trace the main lines of economic, political, and social development during the past quarter century, and to indicate the measure of progress which the people of this state have achieved in these departments of human endeavor. After all is said it is a record of which any state might well be proud. Progress has been particularly marked in all lines of economic activity. The growth of population and of wealth, the steadily augmenting output of farm and factory and mine, the expansion of railway and other transportation facilities, and the improvements in agriculture, manufactures, banking, and commerce, all bear witness to the energy and successful achievements of the people. But the story is by no means confined to material improvement. With the growth in wealth has come an increasing application of that wealth and the interests of the people to the advancement of culture, of art, and of learning. And with the growth in leisure has come better understanding of political problems and a determination to solve them. During the last quarter of a century political development in the direction of better and more efficient government has been slow but steady. This growth has been especially noticeable in connection with the introduction of the merit system of appointment to the civil service and the reorganization of the principal administrative services on a more integrated and systematic basis. The increasing power of the governor over both legislation and administration is also noteworthy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Commonwealth and International Affairs
The Commonwealth and International Affairs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Commonwealth and International Affairs write by Alex May. This book was released on 2010-05-06. The Commonwealth and International Affairs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Round Table journal (now subtitled The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs) first appeared in 1910. The journal carried a number of articles recognised both by contemporaries and by historians as highly influential in the making of Commonwealth policy, including constitutional reform in India, the independence of southern Ireland, the League of Nations mandates system and the United Nations trusteeship system, British policy in East Asia, the building of the Anglo-American alliance, appeasement, decolonisation, and the transition to a new, multipolar Commonwealth. This book brings together excerpts from some of the key articles published over the last one hundred years and features leading figures including; Lionel Curtis and John Dove on Ireland, leading to the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the creation of the Irish Free State, T.E. Lawrence on the Middle East, a key influence on post-1919 state creation in the Arab Middle East, Philip Kerr on India, galvanizing attempts at constitutional reform in British India. This selection provides a unique commentary on imperial/Commonwealth and international affairs and makes available to a new generation of scholars and students some of the articles now acknowledged as key influences in the evolution of British and Commonwealth policies. This collection of essays is intended as a companion volume to The Contemporary Commonwealth: An assessment 1965 - 2009, edited by James Mayall, marking the centenary of The Round Table.
The Rise, Decline and Future of the British Commonwealth
The Rise, Decline and Future of the British Commonwealth - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Rise, Decline and Future of the British Commonwealth write by K. Srinivasan. This book was released on 2005-11-07. The Rise, Decline and Future of the British Commonwealth available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Written by a senior Indian diplomat who has until recently also served as Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General, this book provides a unique and far-reaching exploration of the British Commonwealth, and its impact since the second World War on the process of Britain adjusting to a world without Empire. Whither the Commonwealth now? What is its record of achievement; what are the benefits of membership to countries in terms of collective political influence, trade, investment, aid, travel and education? Can any practical good be envisaged for this nearly moribund post-colonial organization? Britain, which brought the association into being and is central to it, would have to play a key part in determining its future. But in coming to such decisions, the British Government faces great problems of perception, both from the Monarchy and the British public.
The Empire's New Clothes
The Empire's New Clothes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Empire's New Clothes write by Philip Murphy. This book was released on 2018-08-01. The Empire's New Clothes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the wake of Brexit, the Commonwealth has been identified as an important body for future British trade and diplomacy, but few know what it actually does. How is it organized and what has held it together for so long? How important is the Queen's role as Head of the Commonwealth? Most importantly, why has it had such a troubled recent past, and is it realistic to imagine that its fortunes might be reversed?In The Empire's New Clothes,? Murphy strips away the gilded self-image of the Commonwealth to reveal an irrelevant institution afflicted by imperial amnesia. He offers a personal perspective on this complex and poorly understood institution, and asks if it can ever escape from the shadow of the British Empire to become an organization based on shared values, rather than a shared history.
Bodin: On Sovereignty
Bodin: On Sovereignty - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bodin: On Sovereignty write by Jean Bodin. This book was released on 1992-04-24. Bodin: On Sovereignty available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume translates four chapters of Bodin's Six livres de la république, a vast synthesis of comparative public law and politics.
