Reassessing the Imperial Federation Debate in Britain’s Settler Colonies

• In Event: The Political Consequences of Colonialism and Empire

Brief Overview

This paper reassesses debates in Britain's settler colonies about imperial federation. It argues that elite preferences for or against federation were driven by the interaction between Anglo-Saxon racialism and British trade and investment patterns.

Authors

• Théophile Deslauriers, Princeton University

• Esther Louisa Robinson, Princeton University