TY - BOOK AU - KITCHEN Martin TI - The British Empire and Commonwealth: a short history SN - 0333675908 (pbk.) PY - 1996/// CY - London PB - Macmillan KW - BRITISH COLONIES KW - COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES KW - HISTORY N2 - First published: British Columbia: Centre for Distance Education, Simon Fraser University, 1994, under the title: Empire and after: a short history of the British Empire and Commonwealth. This book is of particular value in relating the importance of the Empire to Britain's success both as the only genuine world power in the Victorian era and as a victor in the two great wars of the twentieth century ER -