The Dominions and India Since 1900: Select Documents on the Constitutional History of the British Empire and Commonwealth, Volume VI

The sixth volume in Greenwood's ongoing series, this book is the first of three fine volumes to cover the twentieth century and the last stages in decolonization of the British Empire. It is concerned with the original five Dominions, the apparently inappropriate association of the Irish Free State with those Dominions, and the similarly anomalous status of India, the first non-European dependency and the first republic to secure full membership in the Commonwealth and to make it a multiracial association. The book documents the evolution of, changes in, and rise and fall of that Commonwealth association
the shifts in the balance of powers within the Canadian and Australian federations
the fulfillment of union in South Africa and Ireland
the coherence emerging in New Zealand
the bankruptcy in Newfoundland
and the separation of India and Pakistan. Two forthcoming volumes will deal with the colonies, protectorates, and mandates in the twentieth century.