W David Mcintyre
Biographic Data
| ID | 733389 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W David Mcintyre |
| GIVEN NAMES | W David |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcintyre |
| SIGNATURE | MCINTYRE W D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Canterbury |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 41 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 41 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Chogm 2022: Rwanda hosts a well-organised revival of Commonwealth rituals
After postponements in 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) was finally held for two days on 24–25 June 2022 at Kigali, Rwanda. In spite of warnings as to the suitability of the venue and of possible diversion by arguments about global controversies, Kigali hosted an efficient, friendly and colourful week of consultations, with the leaders’ meetings preceded by four non-governmental forums, s…
The Empire’s New Clothes: The Myth of the Commonwealth - A Second Review
"The Empire’s New Clothes: The Myth of the Commonwealth - A Second Review." The Round Table, 107(3), pp. 384–385
Brexit: A View from New Zealand
Having recently experienced a referendum (which many thought was unnecessary) on the question of a new flag and which resulted in affirmation of the status quo, most New Zealanders expected that Br
Winding up the British Empire in the Pacific Islands
Winding Up the British Empire in the Pacific Islands Oxford History of the British Empire Companion Series
‘Liquidating Colonial Arrangements with as much Speed as could be Decently Mustered’
‘Coming to the Most Difficult Period of Decolonization’
On coming to power in 1964 Harold Wilson determined to wind up the empire. He told his Colonial Secretary Anthony Greenwood to work himself out of a job. Greenwood called a conference at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, to work out ways of ending British colonialism. Although the policy was now to give independence to any colony that wanted it and could sustain it, officials decided the only Pacific territory tto qualify, as yet, was Tonga. All the ot…
The Partition of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands
This paper reviews the separation of the Ellice Islands from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, in the central Pacific, in 1975: one of the few agreed boundary changes that were made during decolonization. Under the name Tuvalu, the Ellice Group became the world’s fourth smallest state and gained independence in 1978. The Gilbert Islands, (including the Phoenix and Line Islands), became the Republic of Kiribati in 1979. A survey of the tortuo…
Anglo-Australian Relations and the ‘Turn to Europe’- By Andrea Benvenuti: Book reviews
Air Empire, British Imperial Civil Aviation 1919–39
Air Empire, British Imperial Civil Aviation 1919–39 Edited by Gordon Pirie Manchester and New York, Manchester University Press, 2009 Xii + 249 pp., ISBN: 978-0-7190-4111-2 (£60.00 hardback) Having
Maori and the State: Crown–Maori Relations in New Zealand/Aotearoa, 1950–2000
Maori and the State: Crown–Maori Relations in New Zealand/Aotearoa, 1950–2000 Richard S. Hill Wellington, Victoria University Press, 2009 xii + 264 pp., ISBN: 978-0-86473-611-6 (NZ$ 60.00 paperback
The Unofficial Commonwealth Relations Conferences, 1933–59: Precursors of the Tri-sector Commonwealth
One of the unique features of the Commonwealth as an international association is the width and depth of its non-political manifestations. At recent Commonwealth conferences political and official consultations have been held in parallel with large civil society, business and youth forums and, in some cases, inter-faith dialogues. Growing collaboration between the political, civil society and business elements gives rise to the notion of the ‘tri…
The Expansion of the Commonwealth and the Criteria for Membership
Have they opened the floodgates? This question was being asked after the Kampala CHOGM agreed to receive applications for membership of the Commonwealth from countries that had never been British colonies. After more than a decade of uncertainty about this issue — ever since Mozambique joined in 1995 as an exceptional case — Heads of Government at Kampala approved the Report of the Committee on Commonwealth Membership finally agreeing to entertai…
Why We Don’t Need a Fourth of July
2007 was a good year for discussing New Zealand’s independence. On 26 September 2007 New Zealand marked the centennial of the first Dominion Day in 1907, which was hailed at the time as New Zealand’s ‘Fourth of July’. On 25 November 2007 New Zealand reached the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Statute of Westminster. There are, however, other dates to celebrate. The Statute of Westminster received assent on 11 December 1931 and, in the wor…
Whose Commonwealth? Responses to Krishnan Srinivasan's The Rise, Decline and Future of the British Commonwealth
Krishnan Srinivasan's provocative book The Rise, Decline and Future of the British Commonwealth is the first full-length study of the Commonwealth for some years. The Round Table invited five leading Commonwealth scholars and activisits to respond from varying perspectives. They find the book stimulating and irritating in equal measure. The debate is set to continue
The Occupation of Japan: The Rhetoric and Reality of Anglo-Australasian Relations, 1939-1952
A formula may have to be found: Ireland, India, and the headship of the Commonwealth
During 50th anniversary commemorations of the 1949 Declaration that had facilitated the Republic of India's continued membership of the Commonwealth, only The Round Table recalled other events of 1949. The Republic of Ireland left the Commonwealth just nine days before the member nations accepted the King as symbol of their free association and as such Head of the Commonwealth. The origins of the symbolic headship are examined, from Eamon de Vale…
A Guide to the Contemporary Commonwealth
This lucid guide meets the need, so often expressed in the 1990s, for an up-to-date assessment of the contemporary Commonwealth. It has a succinct section on its historical background and gives more a
Rhodesia’s UDI and the Crisis of the 1960s
The first three decades of the ‘New Commonwealth’ were overshadowed by Britain’s disenchantment with the association. Although fears that the Secretariat would develop simply into an African pressure group were not realised, Commonwealth meetings were, indeed, dominated by African issues. One African historian, Eli Mazrui, called this the ‘Third Commonwealth’. 1 The first had comprised Britain and the six Dominions; the second followed South Asia…
Viewing the Iceberg from Down Under: A New Zealand Perspective
The image of an iceberg is used to analyse New Zealand's role in the Commonwealth at all levels. The visible tip is made up of the Commonwealth Games, the Queen as Head of the Commonwealth and the CHOGMS. Hidden beneath the water-line of popular attention are three layers: the political/official Commonwealth of ministerial consultations and intergovernmental organisations; the 'People's Commonwealth' of NGOs and civil society; and the 'Corporate …
A Military History of Australia
Britain and the creation of the commonwealth secretariat
The strange death of dominion status
(1999). The strange death of dominion status. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 27, The Statecraft of British Imperialism, pp. 193-212
Canada and the Creation of the Commonwealth Secretariat, 1965
THE CREATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT IN 1965 was the most important landmark in the evolution of the contemporary Commonwealth. It is worth considering why it happened when it did and how Canada contributed.All previous proposals for a central secretariat had come up against Whitehall's tenacious guarding of its powers and Canadian/South African fears about any attenuation of dominion autonomy. Australian proposals in 1907, 1924, 1932, an…
The admission of small states to the commonwealth
(1996). The admission of small states to the commonwealth. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 244-277
The Expansion of the Commonwealth and the Criteria for Membership
Have they opened the floodgates? This question was being asked after the Kampala CHOGM agreed to receive applications for membership of the Commonwealth from countries that had never been British colonies. After more than a decade of uncertainty about this issue — ever since Mozambique joined in 1995 as an exceptional case — Heads of Government at Kampala approved the Report of the Committee on Commonwealth Membership finally agreeing to entertai…
The admission of small states to the commonwealth
(1996). The admission of small states to the commonwealth. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 244-277
Britain and the creation of the commonwealth secretariat
The strange death of dominion status
(1999). The strange death of dominion status. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 27, The Statecraft of British Imperialism, pp. 193-212
Canada and the Creation of the Commonwealth Secretariat, 1965
THE CREATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT IN 1965 was the most important landmark in the evolution of the contemporary Commonwealth. It is worth considering why it happened when it did and how Canada contributed.All previous proposals for a central secretariat had come up against Whitehall's tenacious guarding of its powers and Canadian/South African fears about any attenuation of dominion autonomy. Australian proposals in 1907, 1924, 1932, an…
Chogm 2022: Rwanda hosts a well-organised revival of Commonwealth rituals
After postponements in 2020 and 2021 because of the pandemic, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) was finally held for two days on 24–25 June 2022 at Kigali, Rwanda. In spite of warnings as to the suitability of the venue and of possible diversion by arguments about global controversies, Kigali hosted an efficient, friendly and colourful week of consultations, with the leaders’ meetings preceded by four non-governmental forums, s…
The Partition of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands
This paper reviews the separation of the Ellice Islands from the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, in the central Pacific, in 1975: one of the few agreed boundary changes that were made during decolonization. Under the name Tuvalu, the Ellice Group became the world’s fourth smallest state and gained independence in 1978. The Gilbert Islands, (including the Phoenix and Line Islands), became the Republic of Kiribati in 1979. A survey of the tortuo…
Maori and the State: Crown–Maori Relations in New Zealand/Aotearoa, 1950–2000
Maori and the State: Crown–Maori Relations in New Zealand/Aotearoa, 1950–2000 Richard S. Hill Wellington, Victoria University Press, 2009 xii + 264 pp., ISBN: 978-0-86473-611-6 (NZ$ 60.00 paperback
The Unofficial Commonwealth Relations Conferences, 1933–59: Precursors of the Tri-sector Commonwealth
One of the unique features of the Commonwealth as an international association is the width and depth of its non-political manifestations. At recent Commonwealth conferences political and official consultations have been held in parallel with large civil society, business and youth forums and, in some cases, inter-faith dialogues. Growing collaboration between the political, civil society and business elements gives rise to the notion of the ‘tri…
A formula may have to be found: Ireland, India, and the headship of the Commonwealth
During 50th anniversary commemorations of the 1949 Declaration that had facilitated the Republic of India's continued membership of the Commonwealth, only The Round Table recalled other events of 1949. The Republic of Ireland left the Commonwealth just nine days before the member nations accepted the King as symbol of their free association and as such Head of the Commonwealth. The origins of the symbolic headship are examined, from Eamon de Vale…
Contradictory Aims in West Africa: The Failure of the Cardwell Policy, 1865–73
The first and most promising attempt to put Cardwell’s policy into effect was made on the windward coast. The sudden and startling possibility of Anglo-French rivalry in the region between Sierra Leone and the Gambia presented an excellent chance of fulfilling the recommendations of the Select Committee.
Evolving a Policy in the South Pacific, 1855–71
WHILE Kimberley was reviewing Britain’s role in West Africa and Malaya he faced similar dilemmas in the South Pacific. Should he annex the Fiji Islands? Should he extend British influence over a large part of Melanesia and Polynesia? In the case of Fiji he stated a clear preference for annexation in February 1873. But his reappraisal of Britain’s role in the South Pacific generally followed a pattern which may be closely compared with his policy …
West Africa after the Ashanti War, 1874–6
THE Ashanti War was the most dramatic predicament on the imperial frontier in the tropics which Disraeli’s Government inherited. Uncertainty as to the outcome of Wolseley’s march on Kumasi added an element of suspense to the general election of 1874. An editorial in The Times, when Parliament dissolved on 26 January 1874, speculated on the unfortunate, and irrelevant, influence the war might have on the election. News of the capture of Kumasi, it…
Techniques of Informal Empire
‘I IMAGINE we shall some day have to extend — or abandon — this settlement.’ ‘Complete annexation or total abandonment are I fear the only alternatives.’ In such stark uncompromising terms politicians were sometimes inclined to view Britain’s dilemma in West Africa. As Carnarvon admitted, it was ‘a very evil choice to have to make’. In the Malay Peninsula and Melanesia-Polynesia, where Britain had little territory, the choice seemed to lie betwee…
Imperial Frontier in the Tropics
Contradictory Aims in West Africa: The Cardwell Policy, 1864–5
ON 17 June 1864 Vice-Admiral Sir John Hay rose in the House of Commons to make a furious onslaught upon Lord Palmerston’s Government. Clutching in his hand some letters from a brother who had just died on military service in the Gold Coast, Hay spoke with intense emotion as he moved a motion of censure on the Cabinet: ‘The men who have betrayed Denmark and truckled to Germany ... who have alienated France and irritated Russia... who have convulse…
The Imperial Frontier in the Tropics, 1865–75
Short Notices
Short Notices W. D. MCINTYRE W. D. MCINTYRE University of Canterbury Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXII, Issue CCCXXIII, April 1967, Pages 430-b–431, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXII.CCCXXIII.430-b Published: 01 April 1967
The Imperial Frontier in the Tropics, 1865-75: A Study of British Colonial Policy in West Africa, Malaya and the South Pacific in the Age of Gladstone and Disraeli
The African history-and the counterparts it must have in Asia, Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and Latin America-has presented challenges and problems to those who in earlier decades had no difficulty knowing what it meant to call themselves historians of the British or students of imperialism. Not that the approaches have destroyed the earlier field; just because Western scholars have finally recognized the obvious-that the history of the world out…
Short Notices
SHORT NOTICES Get access W. D. MCINTYRE W. D. MCINTYRE University of CanterburyNew Zealand Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXIV, Issue CCCXXXI, April 1969, Pages 434-b–435, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXIV.CCCXXXI.434-b Published: 01 April 1969
Fragments of Empire: A History of the Western Pacific High Commission 1877-1914
New Zealand and the Singapore Base between the Wars
New Zealand was one of the first parts of the British Empire to offer Britain help in the building of the Singapore naval base and was the only Dominion to do so. It is true that considerable financial help was given by the Straits Settlements. Hong Kong, the Federated Malay States and the Sultan of Johore. Australia's naval programme was, also, based on the assumption that the base would be built. But the Reform Party Ministry in New Zealand was…
Speeches and Documents on New Zealand History
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access W. DAVID MCINTYRE W. DAVID MCINTYRE Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue CCCXLIX, October 1973, Pages 931–932, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXXVIII.CCCXLIX.931 Published: 01 October 1973
Rajahs and Rebels: The Ibans of Sarawak under Brooke Rule 1841-1941
The Commonwealth of Nations: Origins and Impact, 1869-1971. Europe and the World in the Age of Expansion, Vol. IX
The admission of small states to the commonwealth
(1996). The admission of small states to the commonwealth. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 244-277
Canada and the Creation of the Commonwealth Secretariat, 1965
THE CREATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT IN 1965 was the most important landmark in the evolution of the contemporary Commonwealth. It is worth considering why it happened when it did and how Canada contributed.All previous proposals for a central secretariat had come up against Whitehall's tenacious guarding of its powers and Canadian/South African fears about any attenuation of dominion autonomy. Australian proposals in 1907, 1924, 1932, an…
The strange death of dominion status
(1999). The strange death of dominion status. The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History: Vol. 27, The Statecraft of British Imperialism, pp. 193-212
A Military History of Australia
Britain and the creation of the commonwealth secretariat
A Guide to the Contemporary Commonwealth
This lucid guide meets the need, so often expressed in the 1990s, for an up-to-date assessment of the contemporary Commonwealth. It has a succinct section on its historical background and gives more a
Rhodesia’s UDI and the Crisis of the 1960s
The first three decades of the ‘New Commonwealth’ were overshadowed by Britain’s disenchantment with the association. Although fears that the Secretariat would develop simply into an African pressure group were not realised, Commonwealth meetings were, indeed, dominated by African issues. One African historian, Eli Mazrui, called this the ‘Third Commonwealth’. 1 The first had comprised Britain and the six Dominions; the second followed South Asia…
Viewing the Iceberg from Down Under: A New Zealand Perspective
The image of an iceberg is used to analyse New Zealand's role in the Commonwealth at all levels. The visible tip is made up of the Commonwealth Games, the Queen as Head of the Commonwealth and the CHOGMS. Hidden beneath the water-line of popular attention are three layers: the political/official Commonwealth of ministerial consultations and intergovernmental organisations; the 'People's Commonwealth' of NGOs and civil society; and the 'Corporate …
The Occupation of Japan: The Rhetoric and Reality of Anglo-Australasian Relations, 1939-1952
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