Download or read book Redefining the Bonds of Commonwealth, 1939-1948 written by F. McKenzie and published by Springer. This book was released on 2002-06-06 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a path-breaking study of the changing attitudes of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa to Britain and the Commonwealth in the 1940s and the effect of those changes on their individual and collective standing in international affairs. The focus is imperial preference, the largest discriminatory tariff system in the world and a potent symbol of Commonwealth unity. It is based on archival research in Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.