Table of Contents

v. 1. "The Empire of the Bretaignes," 1175-1688 -- v. 2. The classical period of the first British Empire, 1689-1783 -- v. 3. Imperial reconstruction, 1763-1840 -- v. 4. Settler self-government, 1840-1900 -- v. 5. The dependent empire and Ireland, 1840-1900 -- v. 6. The dominions and India since 1900 -- v. 7. The dependent empire, 1900-1948 -- v. 8. Dependencies since 1948. pt. 1. The West Indies, British Honduras, Hong Kong, Fiji, Cyprus, Gibraltar, and the Falklands.

About the Author

Frederick Madden was professorial fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, from 1958 to 1984, and held the university post of reader in Commonwealth Government for all but one of the 28 years of its existence. He has now published eight volumes with Greenwood, covering the constitutional history of the British Empire and the Commonwealth from the 12th century to the end of the 20th century.