Round Table Movement

The Round Table Movement

Round Table

The Round Table Movement and Imperial Union

"Of all the leagues, groups, and societies or-ganized at the turn of the century to promote imperial union, the Round Table movement was the most important. Founded in 1909, the movement played a significant role in British and imperial affairs until the early 1920s, and made three major contributions to the evolution of the empire-commonwealth: it publicized and stimulated a critical examination of Anglo-dominion relations; it recommended the extension of self-government to India; and it founded The Round Table, a quarterly devoted to commonwealth and international affairs.This book is the first and no doubt the definitive work on the Round Table movement. It traces the movement's response to the changing imperial relationship, and examines the nature, extent, and effectiveness of the movement's activities, particularly those of the London group. Having studied all the available source materials in Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, Professor Kendle explores -and occasionally explodes - some of the popu-lar myths surrounding the movement. He also shows the essential pan-anglo-saxonism of the central group and their strange inability to un-derstand the nature and extent of the forces with which they were dealing in the empire" - Publishers.