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The British Empire: A survey

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The British Empire: A survey

The British Empire: A survey is a series of twelve books, each self-contained, published for educational purposes during the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley Park, London, by Collins in 1924, following the request of the Exhibition's management towards the Imperial Studies Committee of the Royal Colonial Institute to create this work.[1]

The series' General Editor was Hugh Gunn and the Advisory Committee members were Sir Charles P. Lucas, KCB, KCMG (Chairman); The Rt Hon Lord Morris, KCMG, LL.D.; Sir Harry Wilson, KCMG, KBE;[2] Arthur Percival Newton, M.A., D.Litt., B.Sc., F.S.A.; and the late Sir George R. Parkin, KCMG, LL.D.[3]

The volumes

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lucas 1924, pp. iii–v.
  2. ^ Notable Londoners: an Illustrated Who's Who of Professional and Business Men. London: London Publishing Agency. 1922. p. 162.
  3. ^ Lucas 1924, p. vi.
  4. ^ Thompson, Christopher (13 July 2013). "Glitches in the modernist narrative". New Zealand Design History. Retrieved 22 January 2020.

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