Empire and Nations : Essays in Honour of Frederic H. Soward / Harvey Dyck, H. Peter Krosby.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dyck, Harvey.

Krosby, H. Peter.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Africa.

Indigenous peoples.

Canada--History.

Canada.

Great Britain--Colonies.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Empire and Nations was written in tribute to the accomplishments of Frederic Hubert Soward - teacher, scholar, and administrator - who for forty-two years served in the Department of History at the University of British Columbia. Throughout his career he has made significant contributions to international understanding and the study of international relations through his writings, public lectures, and participation in international organizations and conferences. The volume consists of essays by fourteen outstanding contributors, all of whom are former students or associates of Professor Soward. The essays have as their common subject the nations that evolved within the British Empire and found, or are finding, their place in the world. Papers written by John Conway, Harvey L. Dyck, G.P. de T. Glazebrook, Edward D. Greathed, John W. Holmes, R.A. MacKay, Norman A.M. MacKenzie, Kenneth A. MacKirdy, H. Blair Neatby, and Peter B. Waite develop the subject from the perspectives of nation-building in Canada and Canada's developing the role in world affairs. Peter Harnetty, Jane Banefield Haynes, and J. Bertin Webster contribute studies of nationalism and empire in Asia and Africa. Also included in the volume are a biographical introduction by Margaret A. Ormsby, a list of the writings of F.H. Soward compiled by Eleanor Mercer, and a tribute to Professor Soward by Lester B. Pearson.

Contents:

Introduction, by M.A. Ormsby.

Frederic H. Soward and the development of international studies in Canada, by N.A.M. MacKenzie.

Politics, culture, and the writing of constitutions, by J. Conway.

Some thoughts on Canadian nationalism, by G.P. deT. Glazebrook.

Sir John A. Macdonald: the man, by P.B. White.

Mackenzie King and national unity, by H.B. Neatby.

Canada and the Pax Americana, by J.W. Holmes.

Antecedents and origins of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, by E.D. Greathed.

Canadian and Australian self-interest, the American fact, and the development of the Commonwealth idea, by K.A. MacKirdy.

The Canadian Doctrine of the Middle Powers, by R.A. MacKay.

Collectivization, depression, and immigration, 1929-1930: a chance interplay, by H.L. Dyck.

Imperialism and free trade: Lancashire and India in the 1860s, by P. Harnetty.

The British East Africa High Commission: an imperial experiment, by J.B. Haynes.

Tribalism, nationalism, and patriotism in Nineteenth- and twentieth-century Africa, by J.B. Webster.

The Writings of Frederic H. Soward, by E. Mercer (p. [219]-228).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Jun 2017)

ISBN:

1-4426-5407-4

1-4426-3851-6

OCLC:

992454087