In his inaugural lecture as Smuts Professor of the History of the British Commonwealth at Cambridge, Anthony Low examines the common factors in empire, the uses of force, of legitimacy and of assuagentent by Britain to create an empire across widely diverse societies. Common factors in the contraction of this empire contrasted with the dissolution of other colonial empires. In this common heritage, too, Professor Low sees a unity which gives strength to a Commonwealth of 49 independent states.
- ISBN13 9780521314244
- Publish Date 31 January 1985
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 16 December 1994
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 40
- Language English