In 1883, Sir John Robert Seeley published one of the most influential histories of the British Empire ever written. In it, he argued in favour of uniting the British Dominions into a single superstate, a plan later described as 'Imperial Federation'. Though the federation would never come close to reality, it is nonetheless an interesting case study regarding the empire, and the ways British statesmen sought to grapple with the problem of an imperial domain that spread across the sea.
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