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Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE 1900-1918 -- 1.The British Empire in 1900 -- Introduction -- The Nature and Extent of the British Empire in 1900 -- How the Empire was Governed -- Legal Systems -- Diversity of Peoples -- British Attitudes to Empire -- Conclusions -- 2.British Co-operation 19...

Contents note continued: 5.Three Influential Figures in Early British Imperial Co-operative Development -- Introduction -- Henry Wolff (1840-1930) -- Sir Horace Plunkett (1854-1932) -- The Fourth Earl Grey (1851-1917) -- Conclusions -- 6.Early Examples of British Imperial Co-operative Development: I...

Contents note continued: 9.The Plunkett Foundation and its Conference at the Empire Exhibition, Wembley, 1925 -- Introduction -- The Plunkett Foundation -- The Empire Exhibition at Wembley and the Plunkett Conference -- The Plunkett Foundation after the Wembley Conference -- Conclusions -- 10.Civil...

Contents note continued: British Colonial Policy in 1945 -- British Co-operation in 1945 -- Pointers to Post-war Colonial Co-operative Development -- Links between British and Colonial Co-operatives -- Conclusions -- 13.British Co-operative Colonial Officers -- Introduction -- British Co-operative C...