UNTIL the decade before the last world war, British policy in the colonies had aimed chiefly at the establishment of order, the extension of the rule of law, the control of abuses, the creation of ...
The combination of a historically absentee landlord [British king and parliament] coupled with a sudden renewed interest in the colonies, especially as a source of income, slowly eroded the bonds ...
IT is unfortunate for a book to be misnamed. Mr. Lodge, when he delivered his course of lectures before the Lowell Institute in Boston, had an attractive and by no means a hackneyed subject. For our ...
From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered by the importation of African captives. At first, like their poor English counterparts, the Africans were ...
Article link: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-kingdom/1941-04-01/britains-colonies-warhttps://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-kingdom/1941-04-01 ...
The lobby of the British Colonial is brighter than in years past following a refresh. Photo Credit: Omar Perez The majestic staircase that greeted me at the British Colonial in downtown Nassau isn't ...
WHAT are the considerations which properly enter into any just estimate of a people’s naval power ? In the first place, this certainly is a vital question: Are the people themselves in any true sense ...
LONDON (AP) — After seven decades on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II is widely viewed in the U.K. as a rock in turbulent times. But in Britain’s former colonies, many see her as an anchor to an ...
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