Imperial architects : being an account of proposals in the direction of a closer imperial union, made previous to the opening of the first Colonial Conference of 1887

Alfred Leroy Burt

Sujets

• Great Britain
• Commercial policy
• Imperial Federation
• Empire colonial
• Imperialism

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 6
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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COPresented to the
LIBRARY theof
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
by
Dr. M.G, CraigARCHITECTSIMPERIALIMPERIAL ARCHITECTS
BEING AN ACCOUNT OF
IN A CLOSERPROPOSALS THE DIRECTION OF
IMPERIAL MADE PREVIOUSTO THEUNION,
OPENING OF THE FIRST COLONIAL
CONFERENCE OF 1887
BY
ALFRED LEROY B.A.BURT,
TORONTO UNIVERSITY AND CORPUS CHRISTI OXFORDCOLLEGE,
WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY
H. E. M.A.EGERTON,
FELLOW OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE AND BEIT PROFESSOR OF COLONIAL
HISTORY, OXFORD UNIVERSITY
HUMPHREY MILFORD
PRESSOXFORD UNIVERSITY
STREET25-27 RICHMOND WEST
TORONTO
MCMXIIIINTRODUCTION
of the closerAT a time when the subject
is much to the andunion of the fore,Empire
for suchwhen the forces makingcentripetal
in theunion are than weretheystronger
the of efforts at consoli-
past, story previous
as in the willdation, given following essay,
of interest. Its author is a Canadianbe
Scholar as toRhodes ; and, such, likely
the of closer andrealize union,advantages
the difficulties that still liealso to appreciate
in the way.
With to the first of the volume,regard part
which deals with the various madeproposals
about the time of the American Revolution,
little need be said. Such had,proposals
in the motive behind themcase,nearly every
of a revenue from the Americansextracting
without violence to the ofdoing principlevi IMPERIAL ARCHITECTS
"no taxation without and,representation";
in the national on bothmy opinion, temper
sides of the Atlantic made real union outany
of the Even in the case of thequestion.
more recent contained in theproposals,
second of the we note a certainvolume,part
amateurishness and failure to at the realget
heart of the which accountssituation, for,
and their failure.perhaps justifies, complete
One need not be a thick-and-thin supporter
of the "the best has to tobe,"principle got
"
archi-that our present imperialrecognize
tects" are more andbuilding carefully
than did their
; and,laboriously predecessors
so are more of success.far, Still,deserving
the of whichopinions past generations,
Mr. so andBurt marshals clearly succinctly,
must be of interest to all and fortunately
numbers are who are in-their growing
of the Britishterested in the problem
Empire.
H. E. EGERTON.